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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.117

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 117

पूर्णाभिषेकाङ्ग गणेशपूजाThe worship of Gaṇeśa that belongs to the pūrṇābhiṣeka

Verse 117

षड्दीर्घयुक्तमूलेन षडङ्गानि समाचरेत् । प्राणायामं ततः कृत्वा ध्यायेद् गणपतिं शिवे ॥ ११७ ॥

ṣaḍdīrghayuktamūlēna ṣaḍaṅgāni samācarēt | prāṇāyāmaṁ tataḥ kṛtvā dhyāyēd gaṇapatiṁ śivē || 117 ||

Translation

With the root mantra joined to the six long vowels he should do the six-limbed nyāsa, then, after prāṇāyāma, meditate on Gaṇapati, O Śivā.

Word by word

ṣaḍ
six
dīrgha
long vowels
yukta
joined
mūlēna
with the root mantra
ṣaḍaṅgāni
the six limbs
samācarēt
should do
prāṇāyāmaṁ
prāṇāyāma
tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
kṛtvā
having done
dhyāyēd
(dhyāyet) should meditate on
gaṇapatiṁ
Gaṇapati
śivē
O Śivā

Meaning

Gāṁ, gīṁ, gūṁ, gaiṁ, gauṁ, gaḥ, placed on the fingers and on heart, head, crown-lock, chest, eyes and hands.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Ṣaḍ" and the rest. Then with the root mantra, the Gaṇapati seed, joined with the six long vowels, he should do the nyāsa of the six limbs, on the thumbs and the rest and on the heart and the rest: gāṁ aṅguṣṭhābhyāṁ namaḥ, gīṁ tarjanībhyāṁ svāhā, gūṁ madhyamābhyāṁ vaṣaṭ, gaiṁ anāmikābhyāṁ huṁ, gauṁ kaniṣṭhābhyāṁ vauṣaṭ, gaḥ karatalapṛṣṭhābhyāṁ phaṭ: this is the nyāsa of the thumbs and the rest; gāṁ hṛdayāya namaḥ, gīṁ śirase svāhā, gūṁ śikhāyai vaṣaṭ, gaiṁ kavacāya huṁ, gauṁ netratrayāya vauṣaṭ, gaḥ karatalapṛṣṭhābhyāṁ phaṭ: so he should do the nyāsa of the heart and the rest. Then, doing prāṇāyāma with the mantra gaṁ, he should meditate on Gaṇapati.