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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.201

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 201

पूर्णाभिषेकिगुरोः श्रेष्ठत्वम्The consecrated guru is the best

Verse 201

गाणपे गाणपश्चैव कौलः सर्वत्र सद्गुरुः । अतः सर्वात्मना धीमान् कौलाद् दीक्षां समाचरेत् ॥ २०१ ॥

gāṇapē gāṇapaścaiva kaulaḥ sarvatra sadguruḥ | ataḥ sarvātmanā dhīmān kaulād dīkṣāṁ samācarēt || 201 ||

Translation

for a Gāṇapatya a Gāṇapatya; but the Kaula is the true guru for all. So the wise man should with his whole being take initiation from a Kaula.

Word by word

gāṇapē
for a Gāṇapatya
gāṇapaḥ
(gāṇapaḥ) a Gāṇapatya
ca
and
ēva
just
kaulaḥ
(kaulaḥ) the Kaula
sarvatra
for all
sadguruḥ
(sadguruḥ) the true guru
ataḥ
(ataḥ) so
sarvātmanā
with his whole being
dhīmān
the wise man
kaulād
(kaulāt) from a Kaula
dīkṣāṁ
initiation
samācarēt
should take

Meaning

...but the Kaula, who sees the one Brahman in all, can be guru to any of them.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Sarvātmanā: with every effort.