सदाशिवध्यानम्The meditation on Sadāśiva
Verse 40
आसनाद्युपचाराणां दाने मन्त्राः पुरोदिताः । मूलमत्र मनुं वक्ष्ये महेशस्य महात्मनः ॥ ४० ॥
āsanādyupacārāṇāṁ dānē mantrāḥ purōditāḥ | mūlamatra manuṁ vakṣyē mahēśasya mahātmanaḥ || 40 ||
Translation
The mantras for giving the seat and the other offerings were told before. Now I shall tell the root mantra of the great-souled Maheśa.
Word by word
- āsana
- of the seat
- ādi
- (ādi) and the rest
- upacārāṇāṁ
- (upacārāṇām) of the offerings
- dānē
- in the giving
- mantrāḥ
- the mantras
- purōditāḥ
- were told before
- mūlam
- the root
- atra
- here
- manuṁ
- mantra
- vakṣyē
- I shall tell
- mahēśasya
- of Maheśa
- mahātmanaḥ
- the great-souled
Meaning
The mantras of the offerings need not be repeated, since they have been given earlier in the text. What is new here is the root mantra (mūla) of Śiva, which is coded in the verse that follows.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 37.