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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.13

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 13

देवीस्तुतिःHymn to the Goddess

Verse 13

नाऽऽचरिष्यन्ति सद्वर्त्म हिताहितवहिष्कृताः । तेषां निःश्रेयसार्थाय कर्त्तव्यं यत्तदुच्यते ॥ १३ ॥

nā’’cariṣyanti sadvartma hitāhitavahiṣkṛtāḥ | tēṣāṁ niḥśrēyasārthāya karttavyaṁ yattaducyatē || 13 ||

Translation

and, shut out from both good and harm, they will not walk the good path. What is to be done for their highest good is now told.

Word by word

na
not
ācariṣyanti
they will walk
sat
good
vartma
the path
hita
good
ahita
and harm
vahiṣkṛtāḥ
(bahiṣkṛtāḥ) shut out from
tēṣāṁ
their
niḥśrēyasa
highest good
arthāya
for
karttavyaṁ
to be done
yat
(yat) what
tat
(tat) that
ucyatē
is told

Meaning

Niḥśreyasa, "that than which nothing is better", is liberation.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 12.