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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.114

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 114

पूर्णाभिषेके अधिकारि गुर्वन्तराश्रयणम्Another guru when one's own is not qualified

Verse 114

गुरुश्चेन्नाधिकारी स्यात् शुभपूर्णाभिषेचने । तदाऽभिषिक्तकौलेन संस्कारं साधयेत् प्रिये ॥ ११४ ॥

guruścēnnādhikārī syāt śubhapūrṇābhiṣēcanē | tadā’bhiṣiktakaulēna saṁskāraṁ sādhayēt priyē || 114 ||

Translation

If the guru is not qualified for the auspicious full consecration, then, beloved, one should have the sacrament done by a consecrated Kaula.

Word by word

guruḥ
(guruḥ) the guru
cēt
if
na
not
adhikārī
qualified
syāt
is
śubha
auspicious
pūrṇābhiṣēcanē
for the full consecration
tadā
then
abhiṣikta
consecrated
kaulēna
by a Kaula
saṁskāraṁ
the sacrament
sādhayēt
should have done
priyē
O beloved

Meaning

If the guru who gave the mantra is not himself consecrated, another may perform it; tradition allows a disciple to seek another guru for a consecration his own cannot give.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Guruḥ" and the rest. If, because he has not himself been consecrated, the guru has no right to perform the auspicious pūrṇābhiṣeka, then the man should have the sacrament, the pūrṇābhiṣeka, done by a consecrated Kaula.