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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.111

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 111

खड्गपूजाWorship of the sword

Verse 111

ततः खड्गं समादाय कूर्चबीजेन पूजयेत् । तदग्रमध्यमूलेषु क्रमतः पूजयेदिमान् ॥ १११ ॥

tataḥ khaḍgaṁ samādāya kūrcabījēna pūjayēt | tadagramadhyamūlēṣu kramataḥ pūjayēdimān || 111 ||

Translation

Then taking the sword he should worship it with the kūrca seed, and on its tip, middle and base in order he should worship these:

Word by word

tataḥ
then
khaḍgaṁ
the sword
samādāya
taking
kūrca
kūrca
bījēna
with the seed (huṁ)
pūjayēt
should worship
tad
(tat) its
agra
tip
madhya
middle
mūlēṣu
and base
kramataḥ
in order
pūjayēd
(pūjayet) should worship
imān
these

Meaning

Kūrca is huṁ.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Kūrca-bījena: with the seed "huṁ". Tad-agra-madhya-mūleṣu: on the tip, the middle and the base of the sword.