मन्त्रोद्धारःThe mantra drawn out
Verse 41
माया तारः शब्दबीजं सन्ध्यर्णान्ताक्षरान्वितम् । अर्धेन्दुबिन्दुभूषाढ्यं शिवबीजं प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ ४१ ॥
māyā tāraḥ śabdabījaṁ sandhyarṇāntākṣarānvitam | ardhēndubindubhūṣāḍhyaṁ śivabījaṁ prakīrtitam || 41 ||
Translation
Māyā, Tāra, and the sound-seed joined to the letter that ends the diphthongs and adorned with the half-moon and dot: this is declared the seed of Śiva.
Word by word
- māyā
- Māyā
- tāraḥ
- Tāra
- śabda
- the sound
- bījaṁ
- seed
- sandhi
- of the diphthongs
- arṇa
- letter
- anta
- the last
- akṣara
- (akṣara) the letter
- anvitam
- (anvitam) joined to
- ardha
- half
- indu
- (indu) moon
- bindu
- and dot
- bhūṣā
- with the adornment
- āḍhyaṁ
- (āḍhyam) rich
- śiva
- of Śiva
- prakīrtitam
- is declared
Meaning
The verse hides the mantra in code, and the commentary opens it. Māyā is hrīṁ; Tāra is oṁ; the sound-seed is the letter ha, the last of the diphthongs is au, and the half-moon and dot give the nasal: hauṁ. So the root mantra of Śiva is "hrīṁ oṁ hauṁ".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
He tells the root mantra of Maheśa with "māyā" and the rest. First the māyā seed hrīṁ is to be uttered, then the tāra, the praṇava. Then the sound-seed, the letter ha, joined to the letter that ends the diphthongs (au) and adorned with the half-moon and the dot, is to be uttered. Putting all the words together, "hrīṁ oṁ hauṁ" is declared to be the seed of Śiva (verses 41 and 42).