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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.255

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 255

प्राणहोमः, तत्त्वहोमःThe offering of the vital airs; the offering of the tattvas

Verse 255

विभाव्य मृतवत् कायं रहितं सर्वकर्मणा । स्मरंस्तत् परमं ब्रह्म यज्ञसूत्रं समुद्धरेत् ॥ २५५ ॥

vibhāvya mṛtavat kāyaṁ rahitaṁ sarvakarmaṇā | smaraṁstat paramaṁ brahma yajñasūtraṁ samuddharēt || 255 ||

Translation

Regarding the body as a corpse, free of every action, and remembering that supreme Brahman, he should raise the sacred thread.

Word by word

vibhāvya
regarding
mṛtavat
as a corpse
kāyaṁ
the body
rahitaṁ
free
sarva
of every
karmaṇā
action
smaraṁs
(smaran) remembering
tat
that
paramaṁ
supreme
brahma
Brahman
yajña
sacred
sūtraṁ
thread
samuddharēt
he should raise

Meaning

The commentary explains: remembering Brahman, well known as the cause of the world, he draws the "yajñasūtra", the sacred thread, up from the chest to the shoulder, ready to take it off.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Vibhāvya…". Contemplating the body as a corpse, free of every action, and remembering that supreme Brahman which is well known as the cause of the world, he should draw up the yajñasūtra, the sacred thread, that is, bring it from the chest to the shoulder.