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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.105

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 105

कौलमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Kaula

Verse 105

सार्द्धत्रिकोटितीर्थानि ब्रह्माद्याः सर्वदेवताः । वसन्ति कौलिके देहे किन्न स्यात् कौलिकार्चनात् ॥ १०५ ॥

sārddhatrikōṭitīrthāni brahmādyāḥ sarvadēvatāḥ | vasanti kaulikē dēhē kinna syāt kaulikārcanāt || 105 ||

Translation

Three and a half crore places of pilgrimage, all the gods from Brahmā on, dwell in the body of a Kaula: what would not come from worshipping a Kaula?

Word by word

sārddha
and a half
tri
three
kōṭi
crore
tīrthāni
places of pilgrimage
brahma
Brahmā
ādyāḥ
(ādyāḥ) from
sarva
all
dēvatāḥ
(devatāḥ) the gods
vasanti
dwell
kaulikē
of a Kaula
dēhē
in the body
kinna
(kiṁ na) what not
syāt
would come
kaulika
a Kaula
arcanāt
from worshipping

Meaning

A crore is ten million; the number means all the holy places there are.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 97.