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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.109

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 109

पञ्चतत्त्वसेवनमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of taking the five tattvas

Verse 109

प्रत्येकतत्त्वस्वीकाराद्विधिना स्याच्छिवो नरः । न जाने पञ्चतत्त्वानां सेवनात् किं फलं भवेत् ॥ १०९ ॥

pratyēkatattvasvīkārādvidhinā syācchivō naraḥ | na jānē pañcatattvānāṁ sēvanāt kiṁ phalaṁ bhavēt || 109 ||

Translation

By taking each tattva by the rule a man becomes Śiva; what fruit would come from taking all five, I do not know.

Word by word

pratyēka
each
tattva
tattva
svīkārāt
(svīkārāt) by taking
vidhinā
by the rule
syāt
becomes
śivaḥ
(śivaḥ) Śiva
naraḥ
(naraḥ) a man
na
not
jānē
I know
pañcatattvānāṁ
of the five tattvas
sēvanāt
from taking
kiṁ
what
phalaṁ
fruit
bhavēt
would come

Meaning

Śiva himself declares the fruit of the full pañcatattva rite beyond words. 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

Now he shows the indescribable fruit of the five tattvas, wine and the rest, taken by the rule, with "pratyeka" and the rest. By taking each tattva by the rule, by accepting one tattva, wine and the rest, a man becomes Śiva; what fruit there would be from taking all five tattvas, wine and the rest, I do not know.