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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.184

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 184

गुरुदक्षिणादिकम्The guru's fee and the rest

Verse 184

गोभूहिरण्यवासांसि पानालङ्करणानि च । गुरवे दक्षिणां दत्त्वा यजेत् कौलान् शिवात्मकान् ॥ १८४ ॥

gōbhūhiraṇyavāsāṁsi pānālaṅkaraṇāni ca | guravē dakṣiṇāṁ dattvā yajēt kaulān śivātmakān || 184 ||

Translation

Giving the guru a fee of cows, land, gold, clothes, drink and ornaments, he should worship the Kaulas, who are Śiva himself.

Word by word

gō
cows
bhū
land
hiraṇya
gold
vāsāṁsi
clothes
pāna
drink
alaṅkaraṇāni
and ornaments
ca
and
guravē
to the guru
dakṣiṇāṁ
a fee
dattvā
having given
yajēt
should worship
kaulān
the Kaulas
śivātmakān
who are Śiva himself

Meaning

Śivātmaka: the Kaulas are of the very nature of Śiva.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Gobhūhiraṇya" and the rest. With the sentence "oṁ adya kṛtaitac-chubha-pūrṇābhiṣeka-karmaṇaḥ sāṅgatvārthaṁ go-bhū-hiraṇyādi-dakṣiṇām amuka-gotrāya amukānandanāthāya gurave tubhyam ahaṁ sampradade" ("for the completeness of this auspicious pūrṇābhiṣeka now done, I give you, the guru so-and-so Ānandanātha, a fee of cows, land, gold and the rest"), giving the guru a fee of cows, land, gold and the rest according to his means, he should worship the Kaulas, who are Śiva himself (śivātmaka, of the very form of Śiva).