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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.210

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 210

सर्वत्रैव ब्रह्मपूजया सिद्धिःEverywhere, success by worship of Brahman

Verse 210

एकमेव परं ब्रह्म जगदावृत्य तिष्ठति । विश्वार्चया तदर्चा स्यात् यतः सर्वं तदन्वितम् ॥ २१० ॥

ēkamēva paraṁ brahma jagadāvṛtya tiṣṭhati | viśvārcayā tadarcā syāt yataḥ sarvaṁ tadanvitam || 210 ||

Translation

The one supreme Brahman alone abides, pervading the world; by worship of the universe it is worshipped, since all is joined with it.

Word by word

ēkam
(ekam) one
ēva
alone
paraṁ
supreme
brahma
Brahman
jagat
(jagat) the world
āvṛtya
pervading
tiṣṭhati
abides
viśva
of the universe
arcayā
by worship
tat
with it
arcā
worship
syāt
is
yataḥ
(yataḥ) since
sarvaṁ
all
anvitam
(anvitam) is joined

Meaning

To worship anything in the world, knowing it as Brahman, is to worship Brahman.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Ekam". Tadarcā: the worship of the supreme Brahman. Tadanvitam: pervaded by the supreme Brahman.