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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.137

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 137

सीमन्तोन्नयनम्Sīmantonnayana, the parting of the hair

Verse 137

भार्ये कल्याणि सुभगे दशमे मासि सुव्रते । सुप्रसूता भव प्रीता प्रसादाद्विश्वकर्मणः ॥ १३७ ॥

bhāryē kalyāṇi subhagē daśamē māsi suvratē | suprasūtā bhava prītā prasādādviśvakarmaṇaḥ || 137 ||

Translation

"Wife, blessed and fortunate, of good vows: by the grace of Viśvakarman, be happily delivered in the tenth month, and glad.

Word by word

bhāryē
O wife
kalyāṇi
blessed
subhagē
fortunate
daśamē
in the tenth
māsi
month
suvratē
of good vows
suprasūtā
happily delivered
bhava
be
prītā
glad
prasādāt
(prasādāt) by the grace
viśvakarmaṇaḥ
of Viśvakarman

Meaning

The blessing on the mother. Viśvakarman, "maker of all", the divine craftsman, shapes the child in the womb.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 135.