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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.173

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 173

पूर्णाभिषेक मन्त्रःThe mantras of the pūrṇābhiṣeka

Verse 173

गङ्गा सूर्यसुता रेवा चन्द्रभागा सरस्वती । सरयुर्गण्डकी कुन्ती श्वेतगङ्गा च कौशिकी । एतास्त्वामभिषिञ्चन्तु मन्त्रपूतेन वारिणा ॥ १७३ ॥

gaṅgā sūryasutā rēvā candrabhāgā sarasvatī | sarayurgaṇḍakī kuntī śvētagaṅgā ca kauśikī | ētāstvāmabhiṣiñcantu mantrapūtēna vāriṇā || 173 ||

Translation

Gaṅgā, the daughter of the Sun, Revā, Candrabhāgā, Sarasvatī, Sarayū, Gaṇḍakī, Kuntī, Śvetagaṅgā and Kauśikī: may these sprinkle you with water made pure by mantra.

Word by word

gaṅgā
Gaṅgā
sūryasutā
the daughter of the Sun
rēvā
Revā
candrabhāgā
Candrabhāgā
sarasvatī
Sarasvatī
sarayuḥ
(sarayuḥ) Sarayū
gaṇḍakī
Gaṇḍakī
kuntī
Kuntī
śvētagaṅgā
Śvetagaṅgā
ca
and
kauśikī
Kauśikī
ētāḥ
(etāḥ) these
tvām
(tvām) you
abhiṣiñcantu
may sprinkle
mantra
by mantra
pūtēna
made pure
vāriṇā
with water

Meaning

The daughter of the Sun is the Yamunā.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Sūryasutā: the daughter of the Sun, the Yamunā.