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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.30

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 30

श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra

Verse 30

अं सूर्यमण्डलायेति द्वादशान्ते कलात्मने । नमोऽन्तेनाऽर्घ्यपात्रे तु पूजयेत् सूर्यमण्डलम् ॥ ३० ॥

aṁ sūryamaṇḍalāyēti dvādaśāntē kalātmanē | namō’ntēnā’rghyapātrē tu pūjayēt sūryamaṇḍalam || 30 ||

Translation

Saying "aṁ sūryamaṇḍalāya", after "dvādaśa" "kalātmane", ending in namaḥ, he should worship the disc of the sun in the arghya vessel.

Word by word

aṁ
aṁ
sūrya
sun
maṇḍalāya
to the disc
iti
thus
dvādaśa
twelve
antē
after
kalā
digit
ātmanē
to the self of
namō
(namaḥ) namaḥ
antēna
ending in
arghya
arghya
pātrē
in the vessel
tu
and
pūjayēt
should worship
maṇḍalam
disc

Meaning

The mantra: aṁ sūryamaṇḍalāya dvādaśakalātmane namaḥ, "to the disc of the sun, whose self is twelve digits".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

First saying "aṁ sūryamaṇḍalāya", then after "dvādaśa" saying "kalātmane". Joined, "aṁ sūryamaṇḍalāya dvādaśakalātmane" is formed; with this mantra ending in namaḥ he should worship the disc of the sun in the arghya vessel.