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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.104

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 104

कौलमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Kaula

Verse 104

कौलिकः परमो धर्मः कौलिकः परदेवता । कौलिकः परमं तीर्थं तस्मात् कौलं सदार्चयेत् ॥ १०४ ॥

kaulikaḥ paramō dharmaḥ kaulikaḥ paradēvatā | kaulikaḥ paramaṁ tīrthaṁ tasmāt kaulaṁ sadārcayēt || 104 ||

Translation

The Kaula is the highest dharma, the Kaula the highest deity, the Kaula the highest place of pilgrimage: therefore always honour the Kaula.

Word by word

kaulikaḥ
(kaulikaḥ) the Kaula
paramaḥ
(paramaḥ) highest
dharmaḥ
(dharmaḥ) dharma
para
highest
dēvatā
deity
paramaṁ
highest
tīrthaṁ
place of pilgrimage
tasmāt
(tasmāt) therefore
kaulaṁ
the Kaula
sadā
always
arcayēt
honour

Meaning

The true Kaula, one who has realised the one Brahman in all, is himself the embodiment of dharma, of the divine and of every holy place.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 97.