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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.181

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 181

पशुमुखलब्धमन्त्रस्य पुनर्ग्रहणम्Receiving again a mantra had from a paśu

Verse 181

इत्येकाधिकविंशत्या मन्त्रैः संसिक्तसाधकम् । पशोर्मुखाल्लब्धमन्त्रं पुनः संश्रावयेद् गुरुः ॥ १८१ ॥

ityēkādhikaviṁśatyā mantraiḥ saṁsiktasādhakam | paśōrmukhāllabdhamantraṁ punaḥ saṁśrāvayēd guruḥ || 181 ||

Translation

With these twenty-one mantras the guru sprinkles the sādhaka; and if he had his mantra from the mouth of a paśu, the guru makes him hear it again.

Word by word

iti
thus
ēkādhikaviṁśatyā
with twenty-one
mantraiḥ
(mantraiḥ) mantras
saṁsikta
sprinkled
sādhakam
(sādhakam) the sādhaka
paśōḥ
(paśoḥ) of a paśu
mukhāt
from the mouth
labdha
had
mantraṁ
the mantra
punaḥ
(punaḥ) again
saṁśrāvayēd
(saṁśrāvayet) makes him hear
guruḥ
(guruḥ) the guru

Meaning

A paśu, in Tantric usage, is one still bound, not initiated into the kula way; a mantra had from such a person is given again by the consecrated guru.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 178.