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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.41

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 41

श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra

Verse 41

ब्रह्माण्डरससम्भूतमशेषरससम्भवम् । आपूरितं महापात्रं पीयूषरसमावह ॥ ४१ ॥

brahmāṇḍarasasambhūtamaśēṣarasasambhavam | āpūritaṁ mahāpātraṁ pīyūṣarasamāvaha || 41 ||

Translation

"Bring into the great vessel, filled to the brim, the essence of nectar, born of the essence of the cosmic egg, source of every savour."

Word by word

brahmāṇḍa
the cosmic egg
rasa
essence
sambhūtam
born of
aśēṣa
every
sambhavam
source of
āpūritaṁ
filled
mahā
great
pātraṁ
vessel
pīyūṣa
nectar
āvaha
bring

Meaning

The fourth mantra: the wine holds the essence of the whole universe.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

O Goddess, bring (āvaha) to the great vessel filled with wine the essence of nectar, born of the essences of the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa): born of the essences that are in the cosmic egg, and so the source of every essence, of all savour.