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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.182

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 182

विसर्जनम्, निर्माल्यवासिनीपूजाDismissal; worship of Nirmālyavāsinī

Verse 182

ततः कृताञ्जलिर्भूत्वा प्रार्थयेदिष्टदेवताम् । मायाबीजं समुच्चार्य श्रीआद्ये कालिके वदेत् ॥ १८२ ॥

tataḥ kṛtāñjalirbhūtvā prārthayēdiṣṭadēvatām | māyābījaṁ samuccārya śrīādyē kālikē vadēt || 182 ||

Translation

Then with joined palms he should pray to the chosen deity: uttering the seed of māyā, he should say "śrī ādye kālike

Word by word

tataḥ
then
kṛta
made
añjalir
(añjaliḥ) joined palms
bhūtvā
being
prārthayēd
(prārthayet) should pray
iṣṭa
chosen
dēvatām
to the deity
māyā
māyā
bījaṁ
seed (hrīṁ)
samuccārya
uttering
śrī
glorious
ādyē
O Ādyā
kālikē
O Kālikā
vadēt
should say

Meaning

The dismissal, verses 182 and 183.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

After that, with joined palms, he should pray to the chosen deity. To the question "what should he pray?" he says "māyā-bījam…": uttering the seed of māyā, hrīṁ, he should say "śrī ādye kālike"; then "yathāśaktyā pūjitāsi kṣamasva". These are the words of the prayer: "hrīṁ śrī ādye kālike yathāśaktyā pūjitāsi kṣamasva" ("O glorious Ādyā Kālikā, you have been worshipped as far as I could; forgive me"). With these very words, having dismissed the chosen deity, taking the flower with the gesture of withdrawal and smelling it, he should place it in his own heart. (Covers verses 182 and 183.)