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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.101

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 101

आवरणदेवतापूजाWorship of the surrounding deities

Verse 101

दलाग्रेषु यजेदष्टभैरवान् साधकोत्तमः ॥ १०१ ॥

dalāgrēṣu yajēdaṣṭabhairavān sādhakōttamaḥ || 101 ||

Translation

On the tips of the petals the best of practitioners should worship the eight Bhairavas.

Word by word

dala
petal
agrēṣu
on the tips
yajēd
(yajet) should worship
aṣṭa
eight
bhairavān
Bhairavas
sādhaka
practitioner
uttamaḥ
best

Meaning

With oṁ asitāṅgāya bhairavāya namaḥ and the rest.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

On the tips of the petals the best of practitioners should worship the eight Bhairavas with scent, flowers and the rest, with their name-mantras beginning with the praṇava and ending in namaḥ, thus: "oṁ asitāṅgāya bhairavāya namaḥ".