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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.106

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 106

सुरामाहात्म्यम्The greatness of wine

Verse 106

दाहिनी पापसङ्घानां पावनी जगतां प्रिये । सर्वसिद्धिप्रदा ज्ञानबुद्धिविद्याविबर्धिनी ॥ १०६ ॥

dāhinī pāpasaṅghānāṁ pāvanī jagatāṁ priyē | sarvasiddhipradā jñānabuddhividyāvibardhinī || 106 ||

Translation

burner of heaps of sins, purifier of the worlds, beloved, giver of every success, increaser of knowledge, understanding and learning,

Word by word

dāhinī
burner
pāpa
of sins
saṅghānāṁ
of heaps
pāvanī
purifier
jagatāṁ
of the worlds
priyē
O beloved
sarva
every
siddhi
success
pradā
giver of
jñāna
knowledge
buddhi
understanding
vidyā
learning
vibardhinī
(vivardhinī) increaser

Meaning

The ṭīkā distinguishes jñāna (the wisdom of liberation), buddhi (understanding of the scriptures) and vidyā (knowledge of the Self).

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

who burns the hosts of sins; who, beloved, purifies the worlds; who grants all siddhis; who increases knowledge (jñāna, the wisdom of liberation), understanding (buddhi, knowledge of the truth from the śāstras) and learning (vidyā, knowledge of the Self); and who, O Ādyā, is always served by the liberated, by those who seek liberation, by the siddhas, by sādhakas, by kings and by the gods, for the attainment of what they desire: that wine is to be known as Tārā in liquid form: so the words go with the earlier verse; "yā" (who) is to be supplied.