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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.133

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 133

गुरुवरणम्Choosing the guru

Verse 133

ततस्तु कृतसङ्कल्पो वस्त्रालङ्कारभूषणैः । कारणैः शुद्धिसहितैरभ्यर्च्य वृणुयाद् गुरुम् ॥ १३३ ॥

tatastu kṛtasaṅkalpō vastrālaṅkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ | kāraṇaiḥ śuddhisahitairabhyarcya vṛṇuyād gurum || 133 ||

Translation

Then, having made the resolve, honouring the guru with clothes, ornaments and adornments and with kāraṇa joined with śuddhi, he should choose him as guru.

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
tu
and
kṛta
made
saṅkalpaḥ
(saṅkalpaḥ) having the resolve
vastra
clothes
alaṅkāra
ornaments
bhūṣaṇaiḥ
and adornments
kāraṇaiḥ
(kāraṇaiḥ) with kāraṇa (wine)
śuddhi
with śuddhi
sahitaiḥ
(sahitaiḥ) joined
abhyarcya
having honoured
vṛṇuyād
(vṛṇuyāt) he should choose
gurum
(gurum) the guru

Meaning

Kāraṇa, "cause", is wine, and śuddhi, "purification", is meat or other food taken with it: the language of chapter 6.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tatas tu" and the rest. Then, having made the resolve, the disciple should honour the guru with clothes, ornaments and adornments, and with the kāraṇas, the wine and the rest, together with śuddhi, meat and the rest, and with the sentence "oṁ adya amuka-gotraḥ śrī amuka-devaśarmā amuka-gotraṁ śrīmantam amukānandanāthaṁ gurutvena bhavantaṁ vastrādibhir ahaṁ vṛṇe" ("I, so-and-so, choose you, so-and-so Ānandanātha, as my guru, with clothes and the rest") he should choose the guru with clothes and the rest.