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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 1.33

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
5
Verses
601
Minutes
300
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 1 · Verse 33

Verse 33

तदा त्वं प्रकटीकृत्य तपःस्वाध्यायदुर्बलान् । लोकानतारयः पापात् दुःखशोकामयप्रदात् ॥ ३३ ॥

tadā tvaṁ prakaṭīkṛtya tapaḥsvādhyāyadurbalān | lōkānatārayaḥ pāpāt duḥkhaśōkāmayapradāt || 33 ||

Translation

and so you delivered the people, weak in austerity and study, from sin, which brings suffering, grief and disease.

Word by word

tadā
then
tvaṁ
you
prakaṭīkṛtya
having made known
tapaḥsvādhyāyadurbalān
weak in austerity and Veda study
lōkānatārayaḥ
you delivered the people
pāpāt
from sin
duḥkhaśōkāmayapradāt
which gives suffering, grief and disease

Meaning

The sentence of verses 30 to 33 ends: in the Tretā age the smṛti was Śiva's means of saving people.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

and delivered people, those weak in austerity and study, from sin: this is the construction of verses 30 to 33.