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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.203

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 203

पूर्णाभिषेकिगुरोः श्रेष्ठत्वम्The consecrated guru is the best

Verse 203

पशोर्वक्त्राल्लब्धमन्त्रः पशुरेव न संशयः । वीराल्लब्धमनुर्वीरः कौलाद्भवति ब्रह्मवित् ॥ २०३ ॥

paśōrvaktrāllabdhamantraḥ paśurēva na saṁśayaḥ | vīrāllabdhamanurvīraḥ kaulādbhavati brahmavit || 203 ||

Translation

One who has his mantra from the mouth of a paśu is a paśu without doubt; one who has it from a vīra is a vīra; from a Kaula he becomes a knower of Brahman.

Word by word

paśōḥ
(paśoḥ) of a paśu
vaktrāt
(vaktrāt) from the mouth
labdha
had
mantraḥ
(mantraḥ) whose mantra
paśuḥ
(paśuḥ) a paśu
ēva
is
na
no
saṁśayaḥ
(saṁśayaḥ) doubt
vīrāt
(vīrāt) from a vīra
manuḥ
(manuḥ) whose mantra
vīraḥ
(vīraḥ) a vīra
kaulād
(kaulāt) from a Kaula
bhavati
becomes
brahmavit
a knower of Brahman

Meaning

The three dispositions (bhāva) of the Tantras: paśu, the bound; vīra, the heroic initiate; and beyond both, the Kaula, the knower. The initiation shapes the disciple.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 201.