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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.31

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 31

वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed

Verse 31

ततो जपेद्ब्रह्मविद्यां गायत्रीं दशधा शिवे ॥ ३१ ॥

tatō japēdbrahmavidyāṁ gāyatrīṁ daśadhā śivē || 31 ||

Translation

Then, O Śivā, he should recite ten times the Gāyatrī, the knowledge of Brahman,

Word by word

tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
japēt
(japet) should recite
brahmavidyāṁ
the knowledge of Brahman
gāyatrīṁ
the Gāyatrī
daśadhā
ten times
śivē
O Śivā

Meaning

The Gāyatrī is called brahmavidyā, as at 9.221.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tataḥ": after making the sentence of permission.