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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.65

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
5
Verses
601
Minutes
300
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 3 · Verse 65

Verse 65

प्रदोषेऽदः पठेन्नित्यं सोमवारे विशेषतः । श्रावयेद्वोधयेत् प्राज्ञो ब्रह्मनिष्ठान् स्वबान्धवान् ॥ ६५ ॥

pradōṣē’daḥ paṭhēnnityaṁ sōmavārē viśēṣataḥ | śrāvayēdvōdhayēt prājñō brahmaniṣṭhān svabāndhavān || 65 ||

Translation

It should be recited daily at dusk, and above all on Mondays; the wise should let their kin who are devoted to Brahman hear it and understand it.

Word by word

pradōṣē’daḥ
at dusk, this
paṭhēnnityaṁ
should recite daily
sōmavārē
on Mondays
viśēṣataḥ
especially
śrāvayēdvōdhayēt
should let hear and understand
prājñō
the wise one
brahmaniṣṭhān
devoted to Brahman
svabāndhavān
his own kin

Meaning

Adaḥ, "this", is glossed as the hymn. The edition writes vodhayet, with व for ब.