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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.69

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Ullāsas
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 3 · Verse 69

Verse 69

श्रीजगन्मङ्गलस्यास्य कवचस्य सदाशिवः । ऋषिश्छन्दोऽनुष्टुविति परमब्रह्म देवता । चतुर्वर्गफलावाप्त्यै विनियोगः प्रकीर्त्तितः ॥ ६९ ॥

śrījaganmaṅgalasyāsya kavacasya sadāśivaḥ | ṛṣiśchandō’nuṣṭuviti paramabrahma dēvatā | caturvargaphalāvāptyai viniyōgaḥ prakīrttitaḥ || 69 ||

Translation

Of this glorious armour "Auspicious for the World", Sadāśiva is the ṛṣi, the metre anuṣṭubh, the deity the Supreme Brahman; its use is declared to be the gaining of the four aims of life.

Word by word

śrījaganmaṅgalasyāsya
of this glorious "Auspicious for the World"
kavacasya
of the armour
sadāśivaḥ
Sadāśiva
ṛṣiśchandō’nuṣṭuviti
is the ṛṣi; the metre is anuṣṭubh
paramabrahma
the Supreme Brahman
dēvatā
the deity
caturvargaphalāvāptyai
for gaining the fruit of the four aims
viniyōgaḥ
the application
prakīrttitaḥ
is declared

Meaning

The commentary gives the viniyoga and the ṛṣi-nyāsa of the armour, as for the mantra.