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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 13.65

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Ullāsa 13 · Verse 65

वास्तुराक्षसध्यानम्The meditation of the rākṣasa Vāstu

Verse 65

असिचर्मधरैर्वीरैः कपिलास्यादिभिर्वृतम् । शत्रूणामन्तकं साक्षादुद्यदादित्यसन्निभम् ॥ ६५ ॥

asicarmadharairvīraiḥ kapilāsyādibhirvṛtam | śatrūṇāmantakaṁ sākṣādudyadādityasannibham || 65 ||

Translation

…surrounded by heroes bearing swords and shields, Kapilāsya and the rest, the very destroyer of enemies, like the rising sun,

Word by word

asi
swords
carma
and shields
dharaiḥ
(dharaiḥ) bearing
vīraiḥ
(vīraiḥ) by heroes
kapilāsya
Kapilāsya
ādibhiḥ
(ādibhiḥ) and the rest
vṛtam
surrounded
śatrūṇām
of enemies
antakaṁ
the destroyer
sākṣāt
the very
udyad
(udyat) rising
āditya
the sun
sannibham
like

Meaning

He shines red like the rising sun (the commentary's only gloss) and is death itself to enemies.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Udyadādityasannibham: like the rising sun.