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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.218

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 218

उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering

Verse 218

परमानन्दसन्दोहो जायते यत्प्रसादतः । तस्मै सर्वात्मभूताय आनन्दार्घ्यं समर्पये ॥ २१८ ॥

paramānandasandōhō jāyatē yatprasādataḥ | tasmai sarvātmabhūtāya ānandārghyaṁ samarpayē || 218 ||

Translation

"To him by whose grace a mass of supreme bliss arises, to him who is the Self of all, I offer the arghya of bliss."

Word by word

parama
supreme
ānanda
of bliss
sandōhaḥ
(sandohaḥ) a mass
jāyatē
arises
yat
whose
prasādataḥ
(prasādataḥ) by grace
tasmai
to him
sarva
of all
ātma
the Self
bhūtāya
who is
arghyaṁ
the arghya
samarpayē
I offer

Meaning

The arghya. The commentary glosses "sandoha" as a mass or heap.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Paramānandasandohaḥ" and the rest. Paramānandasandohaḥ: a mass of supreme bliss. With this mantra he should give the arghya to the deity.