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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 14.84

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Ullāsa 14 · Verse 84

अष्टमूर्तिपूजाThe worship of the eight forms

Verse 84

यावत् ससागरा पृथ्वी यावत् शशिदिवाकरौ । तावदस्मिन् गृहे तिष्ठ नमस्ते परमेश्वर ॥ ८४ ॥

yāvat sasāgarā pṛthvī yāvat śaśidivākarau | tāvadasmin gṛhē tiṣṭha namastē paramēśvara || 84 ||

Translation

As long as the earth with its seas, as long as moon and sun endure, so long stay in this house. Salutation to you, Supreme Lord.

Word by word

yāvat
as long as
sasāgarā
with its seas
pṛthvī
the earth
śaśi
moon
divākarau
and sun
tāvad
(tāvat) so long
asmin
this
gṛhē
in the house
tiṣṭha
stay
namastē
salutation to you
paramēśvara
Supreme Lord

Meaning

The term is the same as in the mantra of fixing at verse 66, and it is now addressed to him as a request: not only the stone is to stay, but the God who has come into it.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 83.