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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 14.43

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 14 · Verse 43

तत्रदेव्याः पूजाThe worship of the Goddess there

Verse 43

वेद्यां प्रपूजयेद्देवीमेवमेव विधानतः । माययाऽत्र करन्यासौ प्राणायामं समाचरेत् ॥ ४३ ॥

vēdyāṁ prapūjayēddēvīmēvamēva vidhānataḥ | māyayā’tra karanyāsau prāṇāyāmaṁ samācarēt || 43 ||

Translation

In the vedī he should worship the Goddess in just the same way, according to the rule; here he should do the placing on hands and body and the breath-control with the seed of māyā.

Word by word

vēdyāṁ
in the vedī
prapūjayēd
(prapūjayet) he should worship
dēvīm
the Goddess
ēvam
in the same way
ēva
just
vidhānataḥ
according to the rule
māyayā
with the māyā seed
atra
here
kara
on the hands
nyāsau
the two placings
prāṇāyāmaṁ
breath-control
samācarēt
he should do

Meaning

The commentary gives "māyayā" as the seed hrīṁ. The rite for the Goddess runs parallel to Śiva's, with her seed in place of the praṇava of verse 32.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Māyayā: with the seed hrīṁ.