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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.99

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 99

गृहप्रवेशनियमः, संक्षेपयात्राEntering a house; a journey in brief

Verse 99

गृहारम्भः प्रवेशश्च यात्रा रत्नादिधारणम् । सम्पूज्याऽऽद्यां पञ्चतत्त्वैः कुर्यादेतानि कौलिकः ॥ ९९ ॥

gṛhārambhaḥ pravēśaśca yātrā ratnādidhāraṇam | sampūjyā’’dyāṁ pañcatattvaiḥ kuryādētāni kaulikaḥ || 99 ||

Translation

Beginning a house, entering it, a journey, putting on gems and the like: a Kaula should do these after worshipping Ādyā with the five tattvas.

Word by word

gṛha
a house
ārambhaḥ
(ārambhaḥ) beginning
pravēśaḥ
(praveśaḥ) entering
ca
and
yātrā
a journey
ratna
gems
ādi
and the like
dhāraṇam
(dhāraṇam) putting on
sampūjya
having worshipped
ādyāṁ
Ādyā
pañcatattvaiḥ
with the five tattvas
kuryāt
should do
ētāni
these
kaulikaḥ
a Kaula

Meaning

The pañcatattva worship of chapters 5-6 sanctifies the important acts of a Kaula household. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 97.