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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.169

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 169

जपक्रमःThe order of japa

Verse 169

तारेण सम्पुटीकृत्य मूलमन्त्रञ्च सप्तधा । जप्त्वा तु साधकः पश्चान्मातृकापुटितं स्मरेत् ॥ १६९ ॥

tārēṇa sampuṭīkṛtya mūlamantrañca saptadhā | japtvā tu sādhakaḥ paścānmātṛkāpuṭitaṁ smarēt || 169 ||

Translation

Enclosing the root mantra with tāra, having repeated it seven times, the practitioner should then remember it enclosed with the alphabet.

Word by word

tārēṇa
with tāra (oṁ)
sampuṭīkṛtya
enclosing
mūla
root
mantra
mantra
ñca
(ca) and
saptadhā
seven times
japtvā
having repeated
tu
and
sādhakaḥ
the practitioner
paścān
(paścāt) then
mātṛkā
alphabet
puṭitaṁ
enclosed
smarēt
should remember

Meaning

Tāra is oṁ: oṁ … root mantra … oṁ; then each letter from a to kṣa before and after it.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Having enclosed the root mantra with tāra (oṁ), at its beginning and end, he should repeat it seven times; then remember, repeat, the root mantra joined with the fifty letters from a to kṣa (mātṛkā-puṭita). In "japtvā" there is no augment i, since the augment is optional.