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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.263

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 263

उपवीत होमः, शिखाहुतिःOffering the sacred thread; offering the tuft

Verse 263

ततो मुक्तशिखासूत्रः प्रणमेत् दण्डवद् गुरुम् । गुरुरुत्थाप्य तं शिष्यं दक्षकर्णे वदेदिदम् ॥ २६३ ॥

tatō muktaśikhāsūtraḥ praṇamēt daṇḍavad gurum | gururutthāpya taṁ śiṣyaṁ dakṣakarṇē vadēdidam || 263 ||

Translation

Then, freed of tuft and thread, he should prostrate himself like a staff before the guru; the guru, raising the disciple, should say this into his right ear:

Word by word

tatō
(tataḥ) then
mukta
freed
śikhā
of tuft
sūtraḥ
and thread
praṇamēt
he should prostrate himself
daṇḍavad
(daṇḍavat) like a staff
gurum
before the guru
gurur
(guruḥ) the guru
utthāpya
raising
taṁ
the
śiṣyaṁ
disciple
dakṣa
right
karṇē
into his ear
vadēd
(vadet) should say
idam
this

Meaning

The full-length prostration, "like a staff" (daṇḍavat). The guru lifts him up and whispers the teaching.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 262.