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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 7.41

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 7 · Verse 41

ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka

Verse 41

सर्वत्र जयमाप्नोति स्तवस्यास्य प्रसादतः । यं यं कामं पुरस्कृत्य स्तोत्रमेतदुदीरयेत् ॥ ४१ ॥

sarvatra jayamāpnōti stavasyāsya prasādataḥ | yaṁ yaṁ kāmaṁ puraskṛtya stōtramētadudīrayēt || 41 ||

Translation

By the grace of this hymn he wins victory everywhere. Whatever desire he holds before him in reciting this hymn,

Word by word

sarvatra
everywhere
jayam
victory
āpnōti
he wins
stavasya
of hymn
asya
this
prasādataḥ
by the grace
yaṁ
whatever
kāmaṁ
desire
puraskṛtya
holding before him
stōtram
hymn
ētad
(etat) this
udīrayēt
he recites

Meaning

Victory everywhere (sarvatra jaya) is the general fruit. Then a principle that runs to verse 42: whatever wish one "places in front" (puraskṛtya) when reciting, that wish is fulfilled. Hymns of this kind can be recited with a particular intention (saṅkalpa), stated at the start; the text affirms that such recitation is answered.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 40.