Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.169

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells that those who devise another meaning in this śāstra told by Śambhu under pretext of words fall and go to the lowest state, with "etasmin" and the rest. In this śāstra of Śambhu, enriched (bṛṁhita) with words whose meaning is clear those who devise a meaning by fraud (kūṭa), under pretext of words, are fallen and go to the lowest state. "Kūṭa: in illusion, in the immovable, in a machine, in deceit, in a heap of falsehood, in an iron hammer, a mountain peak, the ploughshare: kūṭa is not feminine," says the Amara. Concluding the sense of the section, he says "idam" and the rest. O Devī, this has been told to you: the essence of essence, the most fitting of the fitting, higher than the highest, the best of the best, giving fruit in this world and the next, in accord with dharma, purifying, the cause of good. "Sāra means water, the firm part, the fitting; neuter and in the sense of excellent all three genders," says the Amara. "Artha means meaning, wealth, thing, purpose and cessation," says the Amara.