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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.63

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 63

सर्वभूतबलिःBali to all beings

Verse 63

चन्दनागुरुकस्तूरिवासितं सुमनोहरम् । पुष्पं गृहीत्वा पाणिभ्यां करकच्छपमुद्रया ॥ ६३ ॥

candanāgurukastūrivāsitaṁ sumanōharam | puṣpaṁ gṛhītvā pāṇibhyāṁ karakacchapamudrayā || 63 ||

Translation

Taking with both hands, in the tortoise gesture, a very lovely flower scented with sandal, aguru and musk,

Word by word

candana
sandal
aguru
aguru
kastūri
musk
vāsitaṁ
scented
sumanōharam
very lovely
puṣpaṁ
a flower
gṛhītvā
taking
pāṇibhyāṁ
with both hands
kara
hand
kacchapa
tortoise
mudrayā
with the gesture

Meaning

Verses 63 to 70 bring the Goddess from the heart into the yantra.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Then, taking with both hands, with the kara-kacchapa (tortoise) gesture, a very lovely flower scented with sandal, aguru and musk, and bringing it to the heart, he should meditate in the lotus of his own heart on Ādyā Kālī, higher than the highest. (Covers verses 63 and 64.)