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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.230

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 230

उपचारनिवेदन मन्त्रम्The mantras for offering

Verse 230

विश्वाभरणभूताय विश्वशोभैकयोनये । मायाविग्रहभूषार्थं भूषणानि समर्पये ॥ २३० ॥

viśvābharaṇabhūtāya viśvaśōbhaikayōnayē | māyāvigrahabhūṣārthaṁ bhūṣaṇāni samarpayē || 230 ||

Translation

"To you who are the ornament of the universe, the one source of the world's beauty, I offer ornaments to adorn the body you take through māyā."

Word by word

viśva
of the universe
ābharaṇa
(ābharaṇa) the ornament
bhūtāya
to you who are
śōbhā
beauty
ēka
(eka) the one
yōnayē
source
māyā
through māyā
vigraha
the body
bhūṣā
to adorn
arthaṁ
(artham) for
bhūṣaṇāni
ornaments
samarpayē
I offer

Meaning

He who is himself the world's adornment is adorned; the ornaments are for the form he assumes.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He tells the very mantra uttering which he should give ornaments to the deity, "viśvābharaṇabhūtāya".