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Shloka 85

Adhyaya 17: लिङ्गोद्भव—ब्रह्मविष्ण्वहङ्कार-शमनं, ओंकार-प्रादुर्भावः, मन्त्र-तत्त्वं च

अथर्वमसितं मन्त्रं कलाष्टकसमायुतम् अभिचारिकमत्यर्थं त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छुभाक्षरम्

atharvamasitaṃ mantraṃ kalāṣṭakasamāyutam abhicārikamatyarthaṃ trayastriṃśacchubhākṣaram

Então ele descreve um mantra atharvânico escuro (asita), dotado das oito kalā, de poder extremo para o abhicāra (ritos de coerção ou de resguardo), e composto de trinta e três sílabas auspiciosas.

atharvamAtharvanic/Veda of Atharva
atharvam:
asitamdark, fierce, formidable
asitam:
mantrammantra, sacred formula
mantram:
kalā-aṣṭaka-samāyutamendowed with an eightfold set of kalās (potencies/parts)
kalā-aṣṭaka-samāyutam:
abhicārikampertaining to abhicāra rites (coercive/warding ritual applications)
abhicārikam:
atyarthamexceedingly, intensely
atyartham:
trayastriṃśatthirty-three
trayastriṃśat:
śubhaauspicious
śubha:
akṣaramsyllable/imperishable letter
akṣaram:
trayastriṃśacchubhākṣaramconsisting of thirty-three auspicious syllables
trayastriṃśacchubhākṣaram:

Suta Goswami (narrating a received teaching within the Purva-Bhaga mantra context)