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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.21

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 21

श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra

Verse 21

अथात्मयन्त्रयोर्मध्ये मायागर्भं त्रिकोणकम् । वृत्तं षट्कोणमालिख्य चतुरस्रं लिखेद्बहिः ॥ २१ ॥

athātmayantrayōrmadhyē māyāgarbhaṁ trikōṇakam | vṛttaṁ ṣaṭkōṇamālikhya caturasraṁ likhēdbahiḥ || 21 ||

Translation

Then between himself and the yantra he should draw a triangle with māyā inside, a circle, a hexagon, and outside a square.

Word by word

atha
then
ātma
himself
yantrayōr
(yantrayoḥ) and the yantra
madhyē
between
māyā
māyā
garbhaṁ
inside
trikōṇakam
triangle
vṛttaṁ
circle
ṣaṭkōṇam
hexagon
ālikhya
drawing
caturasraṁ
square
likhēd
(likhet) should draw
bahiḥ
outside

Meaning

The maṇḍala for the śrīpātra: hrīṁ in a triangle, inside a circle, a six-pointed figure and a square.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Then, between himself and the king of yantras, he should draw a triangle with māyā, the seed hrīṁ, in its womb; around it a circle; around that a six-cornered maṇḍala; and outside that again a square, a four-cornered maṇḍala.