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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.97

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Ullāsas
14
Published
6
Verses
801
Minutes
400
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 97

गुरुपंक्तिपूजादिWorship of the line of gurus and the rest

Verse 97

अग्निर्निरृतिवाय्वीशपुरतः पृष्ठतः क्रमात् । षडङ्गानि च सम्पूज्य गुरुपङ्क्तीः समर्चयेत् ॥ ९७ ॥

agnirnirṛtivāyvīśapurataḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ kramāt | ṣaḍaṅgāni ca sampūjya gurupaṅktīḥ samarcayēt || 97 ||

Translation

In the fire, nirṛti, air and īśa corners, in front and behind, in order, having worshipped the six limbs, he should worship the lines of gurus.

Word by word

agnir
(agniḥ) fire
nirṛti
nirṛti
vāyv
(vāyu) air
īśa
īśa
purataḥ
in front
pṛṣṭhataḥ
behind
kramāt
in order
ṣaḍ
(ṣaṭ) six
aṅgāni
limbs
ca
and
sampūjya
having worshipped
guru
guru
paṅktīḥ
lines
samarcayēt
should worship

Meaning

The corners are south-east, south-west, north-west and north-east; the six limbs with hrāṁ namaḥ … hraḥ namaḥ.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He shows the manner of worshipping the surrounding deities with "agni…". In the fire corner (south-east), the nirṛti corner (south-west), the air corner (north-west) and the īśāna corner (north-east) of the yantra, in front and behind, in order, having worshipped the six limbs, the deities of the six limbs, with the mantras "hrāṁ namaḥ, hrīṁ namaḥ, hrūṁ namaḥ, hraiṁ namaḥ, hrauṁ namaḥ, hraḥ namaḥ", he should worship the rows of gurus, the lines of gurus.