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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.83

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 83

मृतब्रह्मोपासकदेहस्थापनव्यवस्थाThe body of a worshipper of Brahman

Verse 83

विभावयन् सत्यमेकं विस्मरन् जगतां त्रयम् । परित्यजति यः प्राणान् स स्वरूपे प्रतिष्ठति ॥ ८३ ॥

vibhāvayan satyamēkaṁ vismaran jagatāṁ trayam | parityajati yaḥ prāṇān sa svarūpē pratiṣṭhati || 83 ||

Translation

One who leaves the body contemplating the one Truth, forgetting the three worlds, rests in his own true nature.

Word by word

vibhāvayan
contemplating
satyam
(satyam) the Truth
ēkaṁ
one
vismaran
forgetting
jagatāṁ
the worlds
trayam
(trayam) three
parityajati
leaves
yaḥ
(yaḥ) who
prāṇān
the breaths
saḥ
(saḥ) he
svarūpē
in his own nature
pratiṣṭhati
rests

Meaning

Above every rite: the dying man who holds the one Reality in mind is established in svarūpa, his own nature, which the ṭīkā glosses as the Supreme Self.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Vibhāvayan". Vibhāvayan: meditating on. Svarūpe: in the Supreme Self.