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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.56

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 56

वटुकादिबलिःBali to Baṭuka and the others

Verse 56

ततस्तु यां योगिनीभ्यः स्वाहा याम्यां हरेद्बलिम् ॥ ५६ ॥

tatastu yāṁ yōginībhyaḥ svāhā yāmyāṁ harēdbalim || 56 ||

Translation

Then with "yāṁ yoginībhyaḥ svāhā" he should offer the bali in the south.

Word by word

tatas
(tataḥ) then
tu
and
yāṁ
yāṁ
yōginībhyaḥ
to the yoginīs
svāhā
svāhā
yāmyāṁ
in the south
harēd
(haret) should offer
balim
bali

Meaning

To the yoginīs, on the southern side.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Then, after that, with the mantra "eṣa sudhāmiṣānvitānnabaliḥ yāṁ yoginībhyaḥ svāhā", he should offer bali to the yoginīs in the south (yāmyā), on the southern side of the maṇḍala.