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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 5.98

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 5 · Verse 98

Verse 98

इत्थं विलाप्य मतिमान् वामकुक्षौ विचिन्तयेत् । पुरुषं कृष्णवर्णञ्च रक्तश्मश्रुविलोचनम् ॥ ९८ ॥

itthaṁ vilāpya matimān vāmakukṣau vicintayēt | puruṣaṁ kṛṣṇavarṇañca raktaśmaśruvilōcanam || 98 ||

Translation

Having dissolved them so, the wise one should picture in the left side of the belly a black man with red beard and eyes,

Word by word

itthaṁ
thus
vilāpya
having dissolved
matimān
the wise one
vāmakukṣau
in the left side of the belly
vicintayēt
should picture
puruṣaṁ
a man
kṛṣṇavarṇañca
black
raktaśmaśruvilōcanam
with red beard and eyes

Meaning

This is the "man of sin", pictured in order to burn him away.