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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.18

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 18

मूलप्रकृतेः रूपकल्पनायां युक्तिःWhy a form is imagined for Mūlaprakṛti

Verse 18

तद्विधानमपि श्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वन्मुखाम्बुजात् । कथ्यतां परमेशान कृपया यदि रोचते ॥ १८ ॥

tadvidhānamapi śrōtumicchāmi tvanmukhāmbujāt | kathyatāṁ paramēśāna kṛpayā yadi rōcatē || 18 ||

Translation

I wish to hear their rite too from your lotus mouth. Tell it, O supreme Lord, in your kindness, if it pleases you.

Word by word

tad
(tat) their
vidhānam
rite
api
too
śrōtum
to hear
icchāmi
I wish
tvan
(tvat) your
mukha
mouth
ambujāt
(ambujāt) from the lotus
kathyatāṁ
tell it
paramēśāna
O supreme Lord
kṛpayā
in your kindness
yadi
if
rōcatē
it pleases

Meaning

By "api", the commentary says, she asks for the fruit of these rites as well as their procedure.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

By "api" (also), the fruit too is meant.