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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.3

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 3

वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha

Verse 3

कर्तव्यं वा न कर्तव्यं तन्ममाचक्ष्व तत्वतः । मत्प्रीतये महेशान जीवानां मङ्गलाय च ॥ ३ ॥

kartavyaṁ vā na kartavyaṁ tanmamācakṣva tatvataḥ | matprītayē mahēśāna jīvānāṁ maṅgalāya ca || 3 ||

Translation

to be done, and in which not? Tell me truly, Maheśāna, for my pleasure and for the good of beings.

Word by word

kartavyaṁ
to be done
vā
or
na
not
tat
(tat) that
mama
to me
ācakṣva
tell
tatvataḥ
(tattvataḥ) truly
mat
my
prītayē
for the pleasure
mahēśāna
O Maheśāna
jīvānāṁ
of beings
maṅgalāya
for the good
ca
and

Meaning

As always in the Tantra, the Goddess asks not for herself alone but for the welfare (maṅgala) of all embodied beings.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 1.