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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.160

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 160

पूर्णाभिषेक मन्त्रःThe mantras of the pūrṇābhiṣeka

Verse 160

गुरवस्त्वाऽभिषिञ्चन्तु ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । दुर्गालक्ष्मीभवान्यस्त्वामभिषिञ्चन्तु मातरः ॥ १६० ॥

guravastvā’bhiṣiñcantu brahmaviṣṇumahēśvarāḥ | durgālakṣmībhavānyastvāmabhiṣiñcantu mātaraḥ || 160 ||

Translation

"May the gurus sprinkle you, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara; may the Mothers Durgā, Lakṣmī and Bhavānī sprinkle you.

Word by word

guravaḥ
(guravaḥ) the gurus
tvā
you
abhiṣiñcantu
may they sprinkle
brahma
Brahmā
viṣṇu
Viṣṇu
mahēśvarāḥ
(maheśvarāḥ) and Maheśvara
durgā
Durgā
lakṣmī
Lakṣmī
bhavānyaḥ
(bhavānyaḥ) and Bhavānī
tvām
(tvām) you
mātaraḥ
(mātaraḥ) the Mothers

Meaning

The first of the twenty-one mantras. Every power of the universe is called on to consecrate the disciple: teachers, gods, goddesses, the incarnations, the Bhairavas, the guardians, planets, times, oceans, rivers, serpents, birds, trees and mountains.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he gives the mantras of consecration themselves, "guravas tvābhiṣiñcantu" and the rest. Tvā: you (tvām).