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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.166

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 166

जपक्रमःThe order of japa

Verse 166

विधानं शृणु देवेशि येन विद्या प्रसीदति । देवतागुरुमन्त्राणामैक्यं सम्भावयेद्धिया ॥ १६६ ॥

vidhānaṁ śṛṇu dēvēśi yēna vidyā prasīdati | dēvatāgurumantrāṇāmaikyaṁ sambhāvayēddhiyā || 166 ||

Translation

Hear the rule, O Queen of the gods, by which the vidyā is pleased: he should think in his mind of the oneness of the deity, the guru and the mantra.

Word by word

vidhānaṁ
the rule
śṛṇu
hear
dēvēśi
O Queen of the gods
yēna
by which
vidyā
the vidyā
prasīdati
is pleased
dēvatā
deity
guru
guru
mantrāṇām
and mantra
aikyaṁ
oneness
sambhāvayēd
(sambhāvayet) should think of
dhiyā
in the mind

Meaning

The heart of the japa is not counting but this identity.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He gives the rule for doing the japa itself with "devatā…". Sambhāvayet: he should think rightly.