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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.174

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 174

जपसमर्पणम्, स्तवपाठादिOffering the japa; reciting the hymn and the rest

Verse 174

प्राणायामंततः कृत्वा श्रीपात्रजलपुष्पकैः । गुह्यातिगुह्यगोप्त्री त्वं गृहाणास्मत्कृतं जपम् ॥ १७४ ॥

prāṇāyāmaṁtataḥ kṛtvā śrīpātrajalapuṣpakaiḥ | guhyātiguhyagōptrī tvaṁ gṛhāṇāsmatkṛtaṁ japam || 174 ||

Translation

Then, having done prāṇāyāma, with the water and flowers of the śrīpātra: "You who guard the secret beyond the secret, accept the japa I have done;

Word by word

prāṇāyāmaṁ
prāṇāyāma
tataḥ
then
kṛtvā
having done
śrī
auspicious
pātra
vessel
jala
water
puṣpakaiḥ
and flowers
guhya
secret
ati
beyond
gōptrī
guardian
tvaṁ
you
gṛhāṇa
accept
asmat
by me
kṛtaṁ
done
japam
japa

Meaning

The offering of the japa, verses 174 and 175.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

After that, having done prāṇāyāma, with the water and flowers of the śrīpātra, the wise practitioner, with the mantra beginning "guhyātiguhya" and ending "maheśvari", having offered into the Goddess's left lotus hand the fruit of the japa in the form of light, should fall on the ground like a stick and bow to the Goddess. (This explanation covers verses 174 to 176.) "You who guard the secret beyond the secret, accept the japa I have done; may success be mine, O Goddess, by your grace, O great Queen."