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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.170

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 170

नीचवृत्तिद्विजप्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for a twice-born who follows a low livelihood

Verse 170

इदं ते कथितं देवि सारात्सारं परात्परम् । इहामुत्रार्थदं धर्म्यं पावनं हितकारकम् ॥ १७० ॥

idaṁ tē kathitaṁ dēvi sārātsāraṁ parātparam | ihāmutrārthadaṁ dharmyaṁ pāvanaṁ hitakārakam || 170 ||

Translation

This I have told you, O Goddess: the essence of essence, higher than the highest, giving good here and hereafter, righteous, purifying, beneficial.

Word by word

idaṁ
this
tē
to you
kathitaṁ
told
dēvi
O Goddess
sārāt
(sārāt) of essence
sāraṁ
the essence
parātparam
(parātparam) higher than the highest
ihāmutra
here and hereafter
artha
good
daṁ
giving
dharmyaṁ
righteous
pāvanaṁ
purifying
hita
benefit
kārakam
(kārakam) bringing

Meaning

The chapter closes.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 169.