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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.138

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 138

यागमण्डपसंस्कारादिPreparing the hall of worship and the rest

Verse 138

पीतरक्तासितश्वेतश्यामलैः सुमनोहरम् । मण्डलं सर्वतोभद्रं विदध्यात् श्रीगुरुस्ततः ॥ १३८ ॥

pītaraktāsitaśvētaśyāmalaiḥ sumanōharam | maṇḍalaṁ sarvatōbhadraṁ vidadhyāt śrīgurustataḥ || 138 ||

Translation

yellow, red, black, white and green, the revered guru should draw a most beautiful sarvatobhadra maṇḍala.

Word by word

pīta
yellow
rakta
red
asita
black
śvēta
white
śyāmalaiḥ
(śyāmalaiḥ) and green
sumanōharam
(sumanoharam) most beautiful
maṇḍalaṁ
maṇḍala
sarvatōbhadraṁ
sarvatobhadra
vidadhyāt
should draw
śrī
revered
guruḥ
(guruḥ) guru
tataḥ
(tataḥ) then

Meaning

Sarvatobhadra, "auspicious on every side", is a square maṇḍala of many compartments, drawn in five colours of rice powder; the ṭīkā reads asita as blue and śyāmala as green.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 137.