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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 6.98

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 6 · Verse 98

गुरुपंक्तिपूजादिWorship of the line of gurus and the rest

Verse 98

गुरुञ्च परमादिञ्च परापरगुरुन्तथा । परमेष्ठिगुरुञ्चैव यजेत् कुलगुरूनिमान् ॥ ९८ ॥

guruñca paramādiñca parāparaguruntathā | paramēṣṭhiguruñcaiva yajēt kulagurūnimān || 98 ||

Translation

The guru, the one whose first is parama, the parāpara guru, and the parameṣṭhi guru: these Kula gurus he should worship.

Word by word

guru
guru
ñca
(ca) and
parama
parama
ādi
whose first is
para
higher
apara
and lower
gurun
(gurum) guru
tathā
and
paramēṣṭhi
parameṣṭhi, highest
ñcaiva
(ca eva) and
yajēt
should worship
kula
Kula
gurūn
gurus
imān
these

Meaning

oṁ gurave namaḥ, oṁ paramagurave namaḥ, oṁ parāparagurave namaḥ, oṁ parameṣṭhigurave namaḥ: the four generations of the lineage.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Showing those rows of gurus he says "guruṁ ca…". With the mantras "oṁ gurave namaḥ, oṁ paramagurave namaḥ, oṁ parāparagurave namaḥ, oṁ parameṣṭhigurave namaḥ", with scent, flowers and the rest, in the middle of the yantra, he should worship in order these Kula gurus: the guru, the one whose first is parama (the paramaguru), and likewise the parāparaguru and the parameṣṭhiguru.