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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.39

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
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advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 39

श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra

Verse 39

अनङ्गस्थामृताकारे शुद्धज्ञानकलेवरे । अमृतत्वं निधेह्यस्मिन् वस्तुनि क्लिन्नरूपिणि ॥ ३९ ॥

anaṅgasthāmṛtākārē śuddhajñānakalēvarē | amṛtatvaṁ nidhēhyasmin vastuni klinnarūpiṇi || 39 ||

Translation

"O you whose form is the nectar dwelling in Anaṅga, whose body is pure knowledge, you whose form is moist: place immortality in this substance."

Word by word

anaṅga
Anaṅga (Kāma)
stha
dwelling in
amṛta
nectar
ākārē
O you whose form is
śuddha
pure
jñāna
knowledge
kalēvarē
O you whose body is
amṛtatvaṁ
immortality
nidhēhy
(nidhehi) place
asmin
in this
vastuni
substance
klinna
moist
rūpiṇi
O you whose form is

Meaning

Anaṅga is Kāma; the "substance" is the wine, the commentary says.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

O you whose form is the nectar that dwells in Anaṅga (Kāma), O you whose body is pure knowledge, you whose form is moist (klinna), steeped: place, set, immortality in this substance, which is wine.