Text 7.5 (Commentary)

[Guhyagarbha-Tantra, Text section 7.5]

MAI DHARAṆĪ SVĀHĀ
THLĪṂ NISĀRAMBHĀYA SVĀHĀ
HŪṂ SARĀJĀYA SVĀHĀ
MŪṂ ŚRĪ ĀṂ RĀGĀYA SVĀHĀ
JAḤ DHŪPE PRAVEŚĀ
HŪṂ PUṢPE ĀVEŚĀ
VAṂ DĪPASUKHINĪ
HOḤ GANDHE CITTA HOḤ [5] ...

Commentary:

[The third category includes the mantras of the male and female spiritual warriors of buddha-speech. (It comments on Ch. 7.5):]

These also comprise two groups, among which the root mantras or seed-syllables of the four male spiritual warriors are respectively MAI, THLĪṂ, HŪṂ, and MŪṂ. DHARAṆĪ is (the mantra of Maitreya) who supports sentient beings with loving kindness. SVĀHĀ means "establish the ground". NISĀRAṂBHAYA SVĀHĀ is (the mantra of Nivāraṇaviṣkambhin) who dispels obscurations which are dense or hard to purify. SARĀJAYA SVĀHĀ is (the mantra of Samantabhadra), the all-positive king whose nature does not abide in the duality of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa; and ŚRĪ ĀṂ RĀGĀYA SVĀHĀ is (the mantra of Mañjuśrī), the glorious one who is devoted to sentient beings without abiding in duality.

The root mantras or seed-syllables of their four female spiritual warriors are respectively JAḤ, HŪṂ, VAṂ, and HOḤ. DHŪPE PRAVEŚĀ is (the mantra of Dhūpā), the fragrance of moral discipline which penetrates the mental continuum of those to be trained. PUṢPE ĀVEŚĀ is (the mantra of Puṣpā), the extensive cascade of the flowers of enlightenment into the mental continuum of those to be trained. DĪPA SUKHINĪ is (the mantra of Ālokā) who dispels the darkness of ignorance by the lamp of pristine cognition: and GANDHE CITTA HOḤ is (the mantra of Gandhā) who satisfies the mental continuum of those to be trained by her stream of nectar.

[The fourth category includes the mantras of the male and female gatekeepers (commenting on Ch. 7.6):]

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