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॥ श्री ॥tantra

Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 1.10

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
2
Verses
126
Minutes
63
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 1 · Verse 10

Verse 10

सर्व्वेषां हितकर्त्तारं देवदेवं निरामयम् । प्रसन्नवदनं वीक्ष्य लोकानां हितकाम्यया । विनयावनता देवी पार्वती शिवमब्रवीत् ॥ १० ॥

sarvvēṣāṁ hitakarttāraṁ dēvadēvaṁ nirāmayam | prasannavadanaṁ vīkṣya lōkānāṁ hitakāmyayā | vinayāvanatā dēvī pārvatī śivamabravīt || 10 ||

Translation

the benefactor of all, god of gods, free from all ill, with a gracious face: seeing him, the Goddess Pārvatī bowed low in humility and, wishing the good of the worlds, spoke to Śiva.

Word by word

sarvvēṣāṁ
of all
hitakarttāraṁ
the one who does good
dēvadēvaṁ
god of gods
nirāmayam
free from disease and ill
prasannavadanaṁ
with a gracious, smiling face
vīkṣya
seeing
lōkānāṁ
of the worlds, of people
hitakāmyayā
out of the wish for their welfare
vinayāvanatā
bowed in humility
dēvī
the Goddess
pārvatī
Pārvatī
śivamabravīt
said to Śiva

Meaning

Here the long sentence closes. Pārvatī speaks not for herself but "out of the wish for the welfare of the worlds", which frames the whole Tantra as an answer given for the sake of all beings.