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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.191

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 191

उपनयनम्Upanayana, investiture with the sacred thread

Verse 191

छायामण्डपमानीय समुद्भवहुताशितुः । समीपे चात्मनो वामे संस्थाप्य विमलासने ॥ १९१ ॥

chāyāmaṇḍapamānīya samudbhavahutāśituḥ | samīpē cātmanō vāmē saṁsthāpya vimalāsanē || 191 ||

Translation

he should bring into the shaded pavilion and seat on a clean seat near the fire Samudbhava, on his own left;

Word by word

chāyā
shaded
maṇḍapam
(maṇḍapam) into the pavilion
ānīya
having brought
samudbhava
Samudbhava
hutāśituḥ
of the fire
samīpē
near
ca
and
ātmanaḥ
of himself
vāmē
on the left
saṁsthāpya
having seated
vimala
clean
āsanē
on a seat

Meaning

The chāyā-maṇḍapa is a covered pavilion. In the investiture the fire is called Samudbhava, "the arisen".

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 190.