Sacred Texts
Mahānirvāṇa Tantra cover

॥ श्री ॥tantraFor reading

Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.106

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 106

बलिदानविधिःThe rule of offering bali

Verse 106

अन्यानपि पशून् दद्यात् साधकेच्छानुसारतः ॥ १०६ ॥

anyānapi paśūn dadyāt sādhakēcchānusārataḥ || 106 ||

Translation

Other animals too he may give, according to the practitioner's wish.

Word by word

anyān
other
api
too
paśūn
animals
dadyāt
may give
sādhaka
practitioner
icchā
wish
anusārataḥ
according to

Meaning

The list of verse 105 is not exclusive, the commentary says. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Not only the deer and the rest are approved in the rite of bali; he may give the Goddess other animals too, according to the practitioner's wish.