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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.95

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1Ullāsa 1Chapter 1 · 72 verses
2Ullāsa 2Chapter 2 · 54 verses
3Ullāsa 3Chapter 3 · 153 verses
4Ullāsa 4Chapter 4 · 106 verses
5Ullāsa 5Chapter 5 · 216 verses
6Ullāsa 6Chapter 6 · 200 verses
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8Ullāsa 8Chapter 8 · 289 verses
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वृद्धिश्राद्धे व्यवस्थाThe rule of the vṛddhi-śrāddha
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वृद्धिश्राद्धप्रयोगःHow the vṛddhi-śrāddha is performed
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पार्वणश्राद्धविधानम्The pārvaṇa śrāddha
1. 64
2. 65
3. 66
श्राद्धविषये व्यवस्थाRules concerning śrāddha
1. 67
2. 68
3. 69
एकोद्दिष्टश्राद्धविधानम्The ekoddiṣṭa śrāddha
1. 70
2. 71
प्रेतश्राद्धविधानम्The preta-śrāddha
1. 72
2. 73
3. 74
अशौचव्यवस्थाThe rules of impurity
1. 75
2. 76
3. 77
4. 78
शवदाहव्यवस्था, सहमरणनिषेधःCremation; a wife is not to die with her husband
1. 79
2. 80
मृतब्रह्मोपासकदेहस्थापनव्यवस्थाThe body of a worshipper of Brahman
1. 81
2. 82
3. 83
अन्त्येष्टिक्रियाThe last rites
1. 84
2. 85
3. 86
आद्यश्राद्धाधिकारिणःWho performs the first śrāddha
1. 87
तिलकाञ्चनोत्सर्गःThe gift of sesame and gold
1. 88
शय्यादिदानम्The gift of a bed and the rest
1. 89
2. 90
वृषोत्सर्गःThe release of a bull
1. 91
आद्यश्राद्धविधिःThe rule of the first śrāddha
1. 92
2. 93
3. 94
कौलपूजाप्रशंसाPraise of the worship of Kaulas
1. 95
2. 96
शुभकर्मदिननिर्णयःThe days for auspicious rites
1. 97
2. 98
गृहप्रवेशनियमः, संक्षेपयात्राEntering a house; a journey in brief
1. 99
2. 100
दुर्गोत्सवादौ कौलकृत्यम्What the Kaula does at the festival of Durgā and the rest
1. 101
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3. 103
कौलमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Kaula
1. 104
2. 105
3. 106
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5. 108
पूर्णाभिषेकःThe pūrṇābhiṣeka
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2. 110
3. 111
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5. 113
पूर्णाभिषेके अधिकारि गुर्वन्तराश्रयणम्Another guru when one's own is not qualified
1. 114
पूर्णाभिषेकाङ्ग गणेशपूजाThe worship of Gaṇeśa that belongs to the pūrṇābhiṣeka
1. 115
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3. 117
गणेशपूजाध्यानादिThe meditation on Gaṇeśa and the rest
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2. 119
3. 120
4. 121
5. 122
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9. 126
10. 127
11. 128
12. 129
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पूर्णाभिषेकसंकल्पःThe resolve for the pūrṇābhiṣeka
1. 132
गुरुवरणम्Choosing the guru
1. 133
यागमण्डपसंस्कारादिPreparing the hall of worship and the rest
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2. 135
3. 136
4. 137
5. 138
6. 139
घटस्थापनम्Setting up the jar
1. 140
2. 141
3. 142
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5. 144
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पात्रस्थापनम्Setting out the vessels
1. 147
2. 148
3. 149
तर्पणविधिः, इष्टपूजा, कुमारीपूजाLibations; worship of the chosen deity; worship of the maidens
1. 150
2. 151
3. 152
4. 153
पूर्णाभिषेके शक्तिसाधकसम्मतिःThe consent of the worshippers of Śakti
1. 154
2. 155
3. 156
4. 157
5. 158
पूर्णाभिषेक मन्त्रःThe mantras of the pūrṇābhiṣeka
1. 159
2. 160
3. 161
4. 162
5. 163
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पशुमुखलब्धमन्त्रस्य पुनर्ग्रहणम्Receiving again a mantra had from a paśu
1. 181
शिष्यनामकरणम्Naming the disciple
1. 182
2. 183
गुरुदक्षिणादिकम्The guru's fee and the rest
1. 184
2. 185
अमृतदाने विधिःGiving the nectar
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2. 187
3. 188
4. 189
5. 190
प्रसादपरिवेशनं चक्रानुष्ठानञ्चServing the prasāda; the rite of the circle
1. 191
2. 192
पूर्णाभिषेके नवरात्रादिकल्पभेदःThe forms of nine nights and the rest
1. 193
2. 194
3. 195
4. 196
5. 197
6. 198
पूर्णाभिषेकिगुरोः श्रेष्ठत्वम्The consecrated guru is the best
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2. 200
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शाक्ताभिषिक्तस्य चक्रेश्वरतानिषेधःOne with only the Śākta consecration may not lead a circle
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2. 205
कुलद्रव्यादिनिन्दायां दोषःThe fault of reviling the kula and its substances
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2. 207
3. 208
ब्रह्मनिष्ठकौलानां कृत्याकृत्याभावःFor the Kaula grounded in Brahman nothing is to be done or left
1. 209
सर्वत्रैव ब्रह्मपूजया सिद्धिःEverywhere, success by worship of Brahman
1. 210
2. 211
सत्कौललक्षणम्The mark of the true Kaula
1. 212
- Closing
11Ullāsa 11Chapter 11 · 170 verses
12Ullāsa 12Chapter 12 · 129 verses
13Ullāsa 13Chapter 13 · 310 verses
14Ullāsa 14Chapter 14 · 211 verses

कौलपूजाप्रशंसाPraise of the worship of Kaulas

Verse 95

बहुभिर्विधिभिः किं वा कर्मभिर्बहुभिश्च किम् । सर्वसिद्धिमवाप्नोति मानवः कौलिकार्चनात् ॥ ९५ ॥

bahubhirvidhibhiḥ kiṁ vā karmabhirbahubhiśca kim | sarvasiddhimavāpnōti mānavaḥ kaulikārcanāt || 95 ||

Translation

What need of many procedures, what need of many rites? A man gains every success by worshipping a Kaula.

Word by word

bahubhiḥ: (bahubhiḥ) many
vidhibhiḥ: (vidhibhiḥ) procedures
kiṁ: what need
vā: or
karmabhiḥ: (karmabhiḥ) rites
ca: and
kim: what need
sarva: every
siddhim: (siddhim) success
avāpnōti: gains
mānavaḥ: (mānavaḥ) a man
kaulika: of a Kaula
arcanāt: by worshipping

Meaning

After all the detail of the rites, the Tantra turns to what it values most: the Kaula, the knower who sees Brahman in all. To honour such a person accomplishes what the rites seek. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 94.