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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.212

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 212

सत्कौललक्षणम्The mark of the true Kaula

Verse 212

सर्वं ब्रह्मणि सर्वत्र ब्रह्मैव परिपश्यति । ज्ञेयः स एव सत्कौलो जीवन्मुक्तो न संशयः ॥ २१२ ॥

sarvaṁ brahmaṇi sarvatra brahmaiva paripaśyati | jñēyaḥ sa ēva satkaulō jīvanmuktō na saṁśayaḥ || 212 ||

Translation

He who sees all in Brahman and Brahman everywhere is to be known as the true Kaula, liberated while living, without doubt.

Word by word

sarvaṁ
all
brahmaṇi
in Brahman
sarvatra
everywhere
brahma
Brahman
ēva
alone
paripaśyati
sees
jñēyaḥ
(jñeyaḥ) is to be known
saḥ
he
sat
true
kaulaḥ
(kaulaḥ) Kaula
jīvanmuktaḥ
(jīvanmuktaḥ) liberated while living
na
no
saṁśayaḥ
(saṁśayaḥ) doubt

Meaning

The definition of the sat-kaula: one who sees all things in Brahman and Brahman in all things, a jīvanmukta. This is the goal for which every rite of the chapter was given.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 211.