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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.197

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 197

पूर्णाभिषेके नवरात्रादिकल्पभेदःThe forms of nine nights and the rest

Verse 197

नलिनेऽष्टदले देवि घटस्त्वेकः प्रकीर्त्तितः । अङ्गावरणदेवांश्च केसरादिषु पूजयेत् ॥ १९७ ॥

nalinē’ṣṭadalē dēvi ghaṭastvēkaḥ prakīrttitaḥ | aṅgāvaraṇadēvāṁśca kēsarādiṣu pūjayēt || 197 ||

Translation

on the eight-petalled lotus, O Goddess, one jar is declared; and he should worship the deities of the limbs and of the surrounds on the filaments and the rest.

Word by word

nalinē
on the lotus
aṣṭadalē
eight-petalled
dēvi
O Goddess
ghaṭaḥ
(ghaṭaḥ) jar
tu
and
ēkaḥ
(ekaḥ) one
prakīrttitaḥ
is declared
aṅga
of the limbs
āvaraṇa
and of the surrounds
dēvāṁś
(devān) the deities
ca
and
kēsara
the filaments
ādiṣu
and the rest
pūjayēt
should worship

Meaning

Aṅga-devatās and āvaraṇa-devatās, the attendant deities, are worshipped on the parts of the lotus.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Naline: in the lotus.