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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.209

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 209

ब्रह्मनिष्ठकौलानां कृत्याकृत्याभावःFor the Kaula grounded in Brahman nothing is to be done or left

Verse 209

उक्ता प्रयोगा बहवः कर्माणि विविधानि च । ब्रह्मैकनिष्ठकौलस्य त्यागानुष्ठानयोः समम् ॥ २०९ ॥

uktā prayōgā bahavaḥ karmāṇi vividhāni ca | brahmaikaniṣṭhakaulasya tyāgānuṣṭhānayōḥ samam || 209 ||

Translation

Many procedures and rites of many kinds have been told; but for the Kaula grounded in Brahman alone, renouncing and performing are the same.

Word by word

uktāḥ
(uktāḥ) have been told
prayōgāḥ
(prayogāḥ) procedures
bahavaḥ
(bahavaḥ) many
karmāṇi
rites
vividhāni
of many kinds
ca
and
brahma
Brahman
ēka
alone
niṣṭha
grounded in
kaulasya
for the Kaula
tyāga
renouncing
anuṣṭhānayōḥ
and performing
samam
(samam) the same

Meaning

The chapter rises to its true summit. All the rites just taught are for those still on the way; for the one established in Brahman, doing them or leaving them makes no difference, since, as the commentator Tarkālaṅkāra says, he acts without attachment or aversion.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 208.