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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 14.71

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 14 · Verse 71

प्रार्थनम्The prayer

Verse 71

मातरो गणनाथाश्च विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा बृहस्पतिः । यस्य सिंहासने युक्ता भूचराः खेचरास्तथा ॥ ७१ ॥

mātarō gaṇanāthāśca viṣṇurbrahmā bṛhaspatiḥ | yasya siṁhāsanē yuktā bhūcarāḥ khēcarāstathā || 71 ||

Translation

Mothers and lords of the hosts, Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Bṛhaspati, those who move on the earth and those who move in the sky, who are all at the side of his throne:

Word by word

mātarō
(mātaraḥ) Mothers
gaṇa
of the hosts
nāthāś
(nāthāḥ) lords
ca
and
viṣṇur
(viṣṇuḥ) Viṣṇu
brahmā
Brahmā
bṛhaspatiḥ
Bṛhaspati
yasya
whose
siṁhāsanē
at the throne
yuktā
(yuktāḥ) attending
bhūcarāḥ
moving on earth
khēcarās
(khecarāḥ) moving in the sky
tathā
likewise

Meaning

The sentence continues. All these are "yukta", attending at his lion-seat, and they show what is being invited: not a lone god but a whole court.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 70.