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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.170

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 170

पूर्णाभिषेक मन्त्रःThe mantras of the pūrṇābhiṣeka

Verse 170

रविः सोमो मङ्गलश्च बुधो जीवः सितः शनिः । राहुः केतुः सनक्षत्रा अभिषिञ्चन्तु ते ग्रहाः ॥ १७० ॥

raviḥ sōmō maṅgalaśca budhō jīvaḥ sitaḥ śaniḥ | rāhuḥ kētuḥ sanakṣatrā abhiṣiñcantu tē grahāḥ || 170 ||

Translation

Sun, Moon and Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn, Rāhu and Ketu, with the stars: may the planets sprinkle you.

Word by word

raviḥ
(raviḥ) Sun
sōmaḥ
(somaḥ) Moon
maṅgalaḥ
(maṅgalaḥ) Mars
ca
and
budhaḥ
(budhaḥ) Mercury
jīvaḥ
(jīvaḥ) Jupiter
sitaḥ
(sitaḥ) Venus
śaniḥ
(śaniḥ) Saturn
rāhuḥ
(rāhuḥ) Rāhu
kētuḥ
(ketuḥ) Ketu
sanakṣatrāḥ
(sanakṣatrāḥ) with the stars
abhiṣiñcantu
may sprinkle
tē
you
grahāḥ
(grahāḥ) the planets

Meaning

Jīva is Jupiter, Sita Venus, as the ṭīkā glosses.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Jīvaḥ: Bṛhaspati (Jupiter). Sitaḥ: Śukra (Venus).