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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.6

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 6

देवीस्तुतिःHymn to the Goddess

Verse 6

त्वमाद्या जगतां धात्री पालयित्री परात्परा । त्वयैव धार्यते देवि विश्वमेतच्चराचरम् ॥ ६ ॥

tvamādyā jagatāṁ dhātrī pālayitrī parātparā | tvayaiva dhāryatē dēvi viśvamētaccarācaram || 6 ||

Translation

You are Ādyā, the nurse and protector of the worlds, higher than the highest; by you alone, O Goddess, this whole universe, moving and still, is upheld.

Word by word

tvam
(tvam) you
ādyā
Ādyā, the first
jagatāṁ
of the worlds
dhātrī
the nurse
pālayitrī
the protector
parātparā
higher than the highest
tvayā
by you
ēva
alone
dhāryatē
is upheld
dēvi
O Goddess
viśvam
(viśvam) universe
ētat
(etat) this
carācaram
(carācaram) moving and still

Meaning

Ādyā, "the first", is the name this Tantra gives to the supreme Goddess, Ādyā Kālī.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tvam". You are Ādyā, the first, the beginning of the worlds; you are the dhātrī, the nourisher of the worlds; you alone are the pālayitrī, the protector of the worlds; you are higher than the highest, better than the best. O Devī, radiant one, this whole universe, moving and unmoving, is upheld by you alone.