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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.243

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 243

आत्मश्राद्धक्रियाThe śrāddha of oneself

Verse 243

समाप्य श्राद्धकर्माणि गुरुदर्शितवर्त्मना । युयुक्षुश्चित्तशुद्ध्यर्थमिमं मन्त्रं शतं जपेत् ॥ २४३ ॥

samāpya śrāddhakarmāṇi gurudarśitavartmanā | yuyukṣuścittaśuddhyarthamimaṁ mantraṁ śataṁ japēt || 243 ||

Translation

Having completed the śrāddha rites by the way the guru shows, the one seeking union should repeat this mantra a hundred times for the purifying of the mind:

Word by word

samāpya
having completed
śrāddha
the śrāddha
karmāṇi
rites
guru
the guru
darśita
shows
vartmanā
by the way
yuyukṣuś
(yuyukṣuḥ) the one seeking union
citta
of the mind
śuddhi
the purifying
artham
(artham) for
imaṁ
this
mantraṁ
mantra
śataṁ
a hundred times
japēt
should repeat

Meaning

"Yuyukṣu", one who seeks yoga, union, is the renunciant-to-be. The mantra follows.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 242.