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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.108

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 108

ब्रह्मानन्तयोर्ध्यानकथनम्The meditations of Brahmā and Ananta

Verse 108

तारेण पुटिता वाणी ततः सुरगुरोपदम् । अभीष्टं यच्छ यच्छेति स्वाहामन्त्रो बृहस्पतेः ॥ १०८ ॥

tārēṇa puṭitā vāṇī tataḥ suragurōpadam | abhīṣṭaṁ yaccha yacchēti svāhāmantrō bṛhaspatēḥ || 108 ||

Translation

Vāṇī enclosed by tāra, then the word "suraguro", "abhīṣṭaṁ yaccha yaccha", and svāhā: this is the mantra of Bṛhaspati.

Word by word

tārēṇa
by tāra
puṭitā
enclosed
vāṇī
vāṇī
tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
suragurō
suraguro
padam
the word
abhīṣṭaṁ
what is desired
yaccha
grant
iti
thus
svāhā
svāhā
mantraḥ
(mantraḥ) the mantra
bṛhaspatēḥ
(bṛhaspateḥ) of Bṛhaspati

Meaning

Vāṇī is aiṁ; "enclosed" (puṭita) by tāra means oṁ before and after it. The commentary assembles it: oṁ aiṁ oṁ suraguro abhīṣṭaṁ yaccha yaccha svāhā, "O teacher of the gods, grant what is desired, grant it".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tāreṇa" and the rest. Vāṇī (aiṁ), enclosed (puṭita) by tāra, the praṇava, that is, joined to it at the beginning and the end, is to be said. Then he should say the word "suraguro" (O teacher of the gods). Then he should say "abhīṣṭaṁ yaccha yaccha" (grant what is desired, grant it). Then he should say "svāhā". Put together, oṁ aiṁ oṁ suraguro abhīṣṭaṁ yaccha yaccha svāhā is held to be the mantra of Bṛhaspati.