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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.296

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 296

प्रतिमाङ्गे न्यासादिInstalling the image: its baths and nyāsas

Verse 296

शिवतत्त्वं ज्ञानतत्त्वं परतत्त्वं तथोरसि । जीवप्रकृतितत्त्वे च विन्यसेत् साधकाग्रणीः । महत्तत्त्वमहङ्कारतत्त्वं सर्वाङ्गके क्रमात् ॥ २९६ ॥

śivatattvaṁ jñānatattvaṁ paratattvaṁ tathōrasi | jīvaprakṛtitattvē ca vinyasēt sādhakāgraṇīḥ | mahattattvamahaṅkāratattvaṁ sarvāṅgakē kramāt || 296 ||

Translation

…the principle of Śiva, the principle of knowledge and the supreme principle; and on the chest the foremost of sādhakas should place the principles of the individual self and of nature; and the principles of mahat and ahaṅkāra over the whole body, in order.

Word by word

śiva
of Śiva
tattvaṁ
the principle
jñāna
of knowledge
para
supreme
tathā
and
urasi
(urasi) on the chest
jīva
of the self
prakṛti
and of nature
tattvē
the principles
ca
and
vinyasēt
should place
sādhaka
of sādhakas
agraṇīḥ
(agraṇīḥ) the foremost
mahat
of mahat
ahaṅkāra
(ahaṅkāra) of ahaṅkāra
sarva
the whole
aṅgakē
(aṅgake) over the body
kramāt
in order

Meaning

At the crown, Śiva, knowledge and the supreme; at the heart, jīva (the individual soul) and prakṛti; over all, mahat and ahaṅkāra. The image now carries in its body every tattva from earth to Śiva.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 292.