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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.129

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 129

गणेशपूजाध्यानादिThe meditation on Gaṇeśa and the rest

Verse 129

त्राहि नाथ कुलाचारनलिनीकुलवल्लभ । त्वत्पादाम्भोरुहच्छायां देहि मूर्ध्नि कृपानिधे ॥ १२९ ॥

trāhi nātha kulācāranalinīkulavallabha | tvatpādāmbhōruhacchāyāṁ dēhi mūrdhni kṛpānidhē || 129 ||

Translation

"Save me, Lord, beloved of the lotus-garden of kula conduct; ocean of grace, set the shade of your lotus feet on my head.

Word by word

trāhi
save
nātha
O Lord
kulācāra
of kula conduct
nalinī
lotus
nalinīkula
of the lotus-garden
vallabha
beloved
tvat
your
pāda
feet
ambhōruha
lotus
chāyāṁ
the shade
dēhi
set
mūrdhni
on my head
kṛpānidhē
O ocean of grace

Meaning

The guru is the sun to whom the lotuses of kula conduct open.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

What he should pray, he gives in the two verses "trāhi nātha" and the rest. [Lord of the lotus-garden of kula conduct.]