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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.119

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 119

गणेशपूजाध्यानादिThe meditation on Gaṇeśa and the rest

Verse 119

ध्यात्वैवं मानसैरिष्ट्वा पीठशक्तीः प्रपूजयेत् । तीव्रा च ज्वालिनी नन्दा भोगदा कामरूपिणी ॥ ११९ ॥

dhyātvaivaṁ mānasairiṣṭvā pīṭhaśaktīḥ prapūjayēt | tīvrā ca jvālinī nandā bhōgadā kāmarūpiṇī || 119 ||

Translation

Having meditated thus and worshipped with mental offerings, he should worship the powers of the seat: Tīvrā, Jvālinī, Nandā, Bhogadā, Kāmarūpiṇī,

Word by word

dhyātvā
having meditated
ēvaṁ
thus
mānasaiḥ
(mānasaiḥ) with mental offerings
iṣṭvā
having worshipped
pīṭha
of the seat
śaktīḥ
(śaktīḥ) the powers
prapūjayēt
should worship
tīvrā
Tīvrā
ca
and
jvālinī
Jvālinī
nandā
Nandā
bhōgadā
Bhogadā
kāmarūpiṇī
Kāmarūpiṇī

Meaning

The nine pīṭha-śaktis of Gaṇeśa's seat.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Dhyātvaivam" and the rest. Having meditated on Gaṇapati in this way and worshipped him with mental offerings, with the name-mantra beginning with praṇava and ending with namaḥ, he should worship with scent, flowers and the rest the powers of the seat (pīṭha-śakti). Who they are he tells in one verse, "tīvrā" and the rest. Having worshipped these powers, Tīvrā and the rest, in order from the east, he should worship the lotus seat with the name-mantra beginning with praṇava and ending with namaḥ, with scent, flowers and the rest.