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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.211

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 211

सर्वत्रैव ब्रह्मपूजया सिद्धिःEverywhere, success by worship of Brahman

Verse 211

फलासक्ताः कामपराः कर्मजालरताः प्रिये । पृथक्त्वेन यजन्तोऽपि तत् प्रयान्ति विशन्ति च ॥ २११ ॥

phalāsaktāḥ kāmaparāḥ karmajālaratāḥ priyē | pṛthaktvēna yajantō’pi tat prayānti viśanti ca || 211 ||

Translation

Beloved, even those attached to fruits, intent on desire, delighting in the web of rites, worshipping as separate, reach That and enter it.

Word by word

phala
to fruits
āsaktāḥ
(āsaktāḥ) attached
kāma
on desire
parāḥ
(parāḥ) intent
karma
of rites
jāla
in the web
ratāḥ
(ratāḥ) delighting
priyē
O beloved
pṛthaktvēna
as separate
yajantaḥ
(yajantaḥ) worshipping
api
even
tat
That
prayānti
reach
viśanti
enter
ca
and

Meaning

Even the dualist who worships God as other than himself, and the ritualist who seeks rewards, are on the way to the one Brahman and will reach it. A generous verse.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Phalāsaktāḥ" and the rest. Supply "therefore" (ataḥ). Karmajālaratāḥ: attached to the mass of rites. Tat: the supreme Brahman.