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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.58

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 58

वटुकादिबलिःBali to Baṭuka and the others

Verse 58

खान्तबीजं समुद्धृत्य षड्दीर्घ स्वरसंयुतम् । ङेऽन्तं गणपतिं चोक्त्वा वह्निजायांततो वदेत् ॥ ५८ ॥

khāntabījaṁ samuddhṛtya ṣaḍdīrgha svarasaṁyutam | ṅē’ntaṁ gaṇapatiṁ cōktvā vahnijāyāṁtatō vadēt || 58 ||

Translation

Drawing out the seed after kha joined with the six long vowels, and saying Gaṇapati in the dative, he should then say the wife of fire;

Word by word

kha
kha
anta
after
bījaṁ
seed (ga)
samuddhṛtya
drawing out
ṣaḍ
(ṣaṭ) six
dīrgha
long
svara
vowels
saṁyutam
joined with
ṅē
the dative
antaṁ
ending in
gaṇapatiṁ
Gaṇapati
cōktvā
(ca uktvā) and saying
vahni
fire
jāyāṁ
wife: svāhā
tatō
(tataḥ) then
vadēt
should say

Meaning

The letter after kha is ga. The mantra: gāṁ gīṁ gūṁ gaiṁ gauṁ gaḥ gaṇapataye svāhā.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Drawing out the seed that comes after kha, the letter ga, joined with the six long vowels, then saying "gaṇapati" in the dative, he should then say the wife of fire, "svāhā". Joined, the mantra "gāṁ gīṁ gūṁ gaiṁ gauṁ gaḥ gaṇapataye svāhā" is formed. With this very mantra, beginning "eṣa sudhāmiṣānvitānnabaliḥ", he should offer bali to Gaṇeśa on the northern side of the maṇḍala. Likewise in the middle of the maṇḍala he should give, by the rule, the bali to all beings. (Covers verses 58 and 59.)