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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.134

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 134

यागमण्डपसंस्कारादिPreparing the hall of worship and the rest

Verse 134

गुरुर्मनोहरे गेहे गैरिकादिविचित्रिते । चित्रध्वजपताकाभिः फलपल्लवशोभिते ॥ १३४ ॥

gururmanōharē gēhē gairikādivicitritē | citradhvajapatākābhiḥ phalapallavaśōbhitē || 134 ||

Translation

In a lovely room, painted with red ochre and the like, bright with coloured flags and banners, adorned with fruit and young leaves,

Word by word

guruḥ
(guruḥ) the guru
manōharē
in a lovely
gēhē
room
gairika
with red ochre
ādi
and the like
vicitritē
painted
citra
coloured
dhvaja
flags
patākābhiḥ
and banners
phala
with fruit
pallava
and young leaves
śōbhitē
adorned

Meaning

Verses 134-137 form one sentence describing the hall where the consecration is held; its main verb comes in 137: there the guru builds an altar.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Guruḥ" and the rest. Then the guru, in a house, should make (racayet, kalpayet) an altar of earth a cubit and a half in measure and four fingers high: so the words in the fourth verse go together. "Manohare" and the rest, the words in the locative, are to be known as qualifying the house. Citra-dhvaja-patākābhiḥ: and adorned with bright flags and banners.