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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.29

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 29

श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra

Verse 29

तपिनी तापिनी धूम्रा मरीचिर्ज्वालिनी रुचिः । सुधूम्रा भोगदा विश्वा बोधिनी धारिणी क्षमा ॥ २९ ॥

tapinī tāpinī dhūmrā marīcirjvālinī ruciḥ | sudhūmrā bhōgadā viśvā bōdhinī dhāriṇī kṣamā || 29 ||

Translation

Tapinī, Tāpinī, Dhūmrā, Marīci, Jvālinī, Ruci, Sudhūmrā, Bhogadā, Viśvā, Bodhinī, Dhāriṇī and Kṣamā:

Word by word

tapinī
Tapinī, the heating
tāpinī
Tāpinī, the burning
dhūmrā
Dhūmrā, the smoky
marīcir
(marīciḥ) Marīci, the ray
jvālinī
Jvālinī, the blazing
ruciḥ
Ruci, the lustre
sudhūmrā
Sudhūmrā
bhōgadā
Bhogadā, giver of enjoyment
viśvā
Viśvā, the all
bōdhinī
Bodhinī, the awakener
dhāriṇī
Dhāriṇī, the sustainer
kṣamā
Kṣamā, the patient

Meaning

The twelve kalās of the sun: kaṁ bhaṁ tapinyai namaḥ, khaṁ baṁ tāpinyai namaḥ, and so on to ṭhaṁ ḍaṁ kṣamāyai namaḥ.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He names in one verse, "tapinī…", the kalās of the sun he should worship: "kaṁ bhaṁ tapinyai namaḥ" for Tapinī; "khaṁ baṁ tāpinyai namaḥ" for Tāpinī; "gaṁ phaṁ dhūmrāyai namaḥ" for Dhūmrā; "ghaṁ paṁ marīcyai namaḥ" for Marīci; "ṅaṁ naṁ jvālinyai namaḥ" for Jvālinī; "caṁ dhaṁ rucaye namaḥ" for Ruci; "chaṁ daṁ sudhūmrāyai namaḥ" for Sudhūmrā; "jaṁ thaṁ bhogadāyai namaḥ" for Bhogadā; "jhaṁ taṁ viśvāyai namaḥ" for Viśvā; "ñaṁ ṇaṁ bodhinyai namaḥ" for Bodhinī; "ṭaṁ ḍhaṁ dhāriṇyai namaḥ" for Dhāriṇī; "ṭhaṁ ḍaṁ kṣamāyai namaḥ" for Kṣamā.