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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.70

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
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advanced

Ullāsa 6 · Verse 70

देवताशोधनम्Establishing the deity

Verse 70

इत्थमावाहनं कृत्वा देव्याः प्राणान् प्रतिष्ठयेत् ॥ ७० ॥

itthamāvāhanaṁ kṛtvā dēvyāḥ prāṇān pratiṣṭhayēt || 70 ||

Translation

Having made the invocation so, he should establish the life-breaths of the Goddess.

Word by word

ittham
so
āvāhanaṁ
the invocation
kṛtvā
having made
dēvyāḥ
the Goddess's
prāṇān
life-breaths
pratiṣṭhayēt
should establish

Meaning

Prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā, "establishing the breaths", makes the image or yantra living; its mantra follows.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 68.