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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.190

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 190

अमृतदाने विधिःGiving the nectar

Verse 190

हृद्याकृष्य गुरुर्देवीं स्रुवसंलग्नभस्मना । स्वस्य शिष्यस्य कौलानां कूर्चे च तिलकं न्यसेत् ॥ १९० ॥

hṛdyākṛṣya gururdēvīṁ sruvasaṁlagnabhasmanā | svasya śiṣyasya kaulānāṁ kūrcē ca tilakaṁ nyasēt || 190 ||

Translation

Drawing the Goddess into his heart, the guru should place a tilaka with the ash clinging to the ladle on his own brow, the disciple's and the Kaulas'.

Word by word

hṛdi
into the heart
ākṛṣya
drawing
guruḥ
(guruḥ) the guru
dēvīṁ
the Goddess
sruva
to the ladle
saṁlagna
clinging
bhasmanā
with the ash
svasya
his own
śiṣyasya
the disciple's
kaulānāṁ
the Kaulas'
kūrcē
on the brow
ca
and
tilakaṁ
a tilaka
nyasēt
should place

Meaning

Kūrca here is the space between the eyebrows. The ash comes from the homa of the rite.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 186.