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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.227

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 227

गार्हस्थ्याश्रमग्रहणम्Entering the householder's stage

Verse 227

गन्धमाल्यधरस्तूष्णीं तिष्ठेदाचार्यसन्निधौ । ततो गृहस्थाश्रमिणं शिष्यमेतद्वदेद्गुरुः ॥ २२७ ॥

gandhamālyadharastūṣṇīṁ tiṣṭhēdācāryasannidhau | tatō gṛhasthāśramiṇaṁ śiṣyamētadvadēdguruḥ || 227 ||

Translation

wearing scent and garlands, he should stand silent near the teacher. Then the guru should say this to the pupil who has entered the householder's stage:

Word by word

gandha
scent
mālya
and garlands
dharaḥ
(dharaḥ) wearing
tūṣṇīṁ
silent
tiṣṭhēt
(tiṣṭhet) should stand
ācārya
the teacher
sannidhau
near
tataḥ
(tataḥ) then
gṛhastha
householder
āśramiṇaṁ
who has entered the stage of
śiṣyam
(śiṣyam) to the pupil
ētat
(etat) this
vadēt
(vadet) should say
guruḥ
the guru

Meaning

The charge of the next verse.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 225.