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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 10.96

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Ullāsa 10 · Verse 96

कौलपूजाप्रशंसाPraise of the worship of Kaulas

Verse 96

विना होमाज्जपात् श्राद्धात् संस्कारेषु च कर्मसु । सम्पूर्णकार्यसिद्धिः स्यादेकया कौलिकार्चया ॥ ९६ ॥

vinā hōmājjapāt śrāddhāt saṁskārēṣu ca karmasu | sampūrṇakāryasiddhiḥ syādēkayā kaulikārcayā || 96 ||

Translation

Even without homa, japa and śrāddha, in the sacraments and other rites, the full success of the act comes from the worship of a single Kaula.

Word by word

vinā
without
hōmāt
(homāt) homa
japāt
(japāt) japa
śrāddhāt
śrāddha
saṁskārēṣu
in the sacraments
ca
and
karmasu
rites
sampūrṇa
full
kārya
of the act
siddhiḥ
(siddhiḥ) success
syāt
(syāt) comes
ēkayā
from a single
kaulika
Kaula
arcayā
by the worship

Meaning

A bold claim: the honouring of one Kaula at a rite stands in for its fire offering, recitation and ancestral offering.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 94.