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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.124

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 124

गणेशपूजाध्यानादिThe meditation on Gaṇeśa and the rest

Verse 124

ततो ब्राह्मीमुखाः शक्तीर्दिक्पालांश्च प्रपूजयन् । तेषामस्त्राणि सम्पूज्य विघ्नराजं विसर्ज्जयेत् ॥ १२४ ॥

tatō brāhmīmukhāḥ śaktīrdikpālāṁśca prapūjayan | tēṣāmastrāṇi sampūjya vighnarājaṁ visarjjayēt || 124 ||

Translation

Then, worshipping the Śaktis beginning with Brāhmī and the guardians of the quarters, and worshipping their weapons, he should dismiss the king of obstacles.

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
brāhmī
Brāhmī
mukhāḥ
(mukhāḥ) beginning with
śaktīḥ
(śaktīḥ) the Śaktis
dikpālāṁś
(dikpālān) the guardians of the quarters
ca
and
prapūjayan
worshipping
tēṣām
(teṣām) their
astrāṇi
weapons
sampūjya
having worshipped
vighnarājaṁ
the king of obstacles
visarjjayēt
(visarjayet) should dismiss

Meaning

With "vighnarāja kṣamasva", "king of obstacles, forgive".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tataḥ" and the rest. After that, worshipping with the name-mantra beginning with praṇava and ending with namaḥ, with scent, flowers and the rest, the eight Śaktis beginning with Brāhmī and the guardians of the quarters beginning with Indra, and worshipping the weapons of those guardians, he should dismiss Vighnarāja with the sentence "vighnarāja kṣamasva" ("King of obstacles, forgive").