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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.105

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 105

ब्रह्मानन्तयोर्ध्यानकथनम्The meditations of Brahmā and Ananta

Verse 105

कामो माया च वाणी च ततोऽमृतकरेति च । अमृतं प्लावय द्वन्द्वं स्वाहा सोममनुर्मतः ॥ १०५ ॥

kāmō māyā ca vāṇī ca tatō’mṛtakarēti ca | amṛtaṁ plāvaya dvandvaṁ svāhā sōmamanurmataḥ || 105 ||

Translation

Kāma, māyā and vāṇī, then "amṛtakara", "amṛtaṁ", "plāvaya" twice and "svāhā": this is held to be the mantra of Soma.

Word by word

kāmaḥ
(kāmaḥ) kāma
māyā
māyā
ca
and
vāṇī
vāṇī
tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
amṛtakara
(amṛtakara) O maker of nectar
iti
thus
amṛtaṁ
nectar
plāvaya
flood
dvandvaṁ
twice
svāhā
svāhā
sōma
of Soma
manuḥ
(manuḥ) the mantra
mataḥ
(mataḥ) is held

Meaning

Kāma is klīṁ, māyā hrīṁ, vāṇī aiṁ. The mantra assembled by the commentary is klīṁ hrīṁ aiṁ amṛtakara amṛtaṁ plāvaya plāvaya svāhā, "O maker of nectar, flood us with nectar, flood us". The Moon is the vessel of amṛta.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Kāma" and the rest. First kāma, the bīja klīṁ, is to be said. Then māyā, the bīja hrīṁ. Then vāṇī, the bīja aiṁ. Then "amṛtakara" (O maker of nectar) is to be said. Then "amṛtam". Then "plāvaya" twice. Then "svāhā". Put together, klīṁ hrīṁ aiṁ amṛtakara amṛtaṁ plāvaya plāvaya svāhā is held to be the mantra of Soma.