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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.43

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 43

श्रीपात्रस्थापनम्Setting up the śrīpātra

Verse 43

इत्यामन्त्र्य ततस्तस्मिन् शिवयोः सामरस्यकम् । विभाव्य पूजयेद्धूपदीपावपि च दर्शयेत् ॥ ४३ ॥

ityāmantrya tatastasmin śivayōḥ sāmarasyakam | vibhāvya pūjayēddhūpadīpāvapi ca darśayēt || 43 ||

Translation

Having addressed it so, he should then imagine in it the oneness of savour of Śiva and Śivā, worship it and show incense and lamp.

Word by word

ity
(iti) so
āmantrya
having addressed
tatas
(tataḥ) then
tasmin
in it
śivayōḥ
of Śiva and Śivā
sāmarasyakam
oneness of savour
vibhāvya
imagining
pūjayēd
(pūjayet) should worship
dhūpa
incense
dīpāv
(dīpau) and lamp
api
also
ca
and
darśayēt
should show

Meaning

Sāmarasya, as in 5.203: the union of Śiva and Śakti is seen in the wine.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Having addressed the wine with these five mantras, he should then imagine, think of, in that wine the oneness of savour (sāmarasya) of the two Śivas, Śivā and Śiva; he should worship that wine and show incense and lamp over it.