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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.147

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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 147

अग्निप्रज्वालनमन्त्रःThe mantra for kindling the fire

Verse 147

सहस्रार्चिःपदं ङेऽन्तं हृदयाय नमो वदन् । षडङ्गं पूजयेद्वह्नेस्ततो मूर्त्तीर्यजेत् सुधीः ॥ १४७ ॥

sahasrārciḥpadaṁ ṅē’ntaṁ hṛdayāya namō vadan | ṣaḍaṅgaṁ pūjayēdvahnēstatō mūrttīryajēt sudhīḥ || 147 ||

Translation

Saying "sahasrārcis" in the dative and "hṛdayāya namaḥ", he should worship the six limbs of fire, then the wise one should worship the forms.

Word by word

sahasra
thousand
arciḥ
rayed
padaṁ
the word
ṅē
the dative
antaṁ
ending in
hṛdayāya
"hṛdayāya", to the heart
namō
(namaḥ) namaḥ
vadan
saying
ṣaḍ
(ṣaṭ) six
aṅgaṁ
limbs
pūjayēd
(pūjayet) should worship
vahnēs
(vahneḥ) of fire
tatō
(tataḥ) then
mūrttīr
(mūrtīḥ) the forms
yajēt
should worship
sudhīḥ
the wise one

Meaning

"sahasrārciṣe hṛdayāya namaḥ", to the thousand-rayed one.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Saying the word "sahasrārcis" in the dative and then the words "hṛdayāya namaḥ", uttering the mantra "sahasrārciṣe hṛdayāya namaḥ" ("to the thousand-rayed one, to the heart"), the practitioner should worship the heart of fire. Then with the mantra "vahneḥ ṣaḍaṅgebhyo namaḥ", with scent, flowers and the rest, he should worship the six limbs of fire. Then the wise one should worship the forms (mūrti) of fire with the mantra "vahnimūrtibhyo namaḥ".