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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 1.50

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Ullāsas
14
Published
5
Verses
601
Minutes
300
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Ullāsa 1 · Verse 50

Verse 50

निगमागमजातानि भुक्तिमुक्तिकराणि च । देवीनां यत्र देवानां मन्त्रयन्त्रादिसाधनम् । कथिता बहवो न्यासाः सृष्टिस्थित्यादिलक्षणाः ॥ ५० ॥

nigamāgamajātāni bhuktimuktikarāṇi ca | dēvīnāṁ yatra dēvānāṁ mantrayantrādisādhanam | kathitā bahavō nyāsāḥ sṛṣṭisthityādilakṣaṇāḥ || 50 ||

Translation

born of Nigama and Āgama, giving both enjoyment and liberation. In them the worship of goddesses and gods with mantra, yantra and the rest is taught, and many nyāsas are described, those of creation, preservation and the others.

Word by word

nigamāgamajātāni
born of Nigama and Āgama
bhuktimuktikarāṇi
giving enjoyment and liberation
ca
and
dēvīnāṁ
of goddesses
yatra
in which
dēvānāṁ
of gods
mantrayantrādisādhanam
worship with mantra, yantra and the like
kathitā
are described
bahavō
many
nyāsāḥ
nyāsas
sṛṣṭisthityādilakṣaṇāḥ
of the nature of creation, preservation and the rest

Meaning

Nigama and Āgama are the two kinds of Tantra, taught by the Goddess and by Śiva.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Nigama…: yatra, "in which", that is, in the Tantras and the rest. Sṛṣṭi-sthiti-ādi-lakṣaṇa: whose nature is creation, preservation and so on.