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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.8

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 8

देवीस्तुतिःHymn to the Goddess

Verse 8

त्वमेव जीवो लोकेऽस्मिंस्त्वं विद्या परदेवता । इन्द्रियाणि मनोबुद्धिर्विश्वेषां त्वं गतिः स्थितिः ॥ ८ ॥

tvamēva jīvō lōkē’smiṁstvaṁ vidyā paradēvatā | indriyāṇi manōbuddhirviśvēṣāṁ tvaṁ gatiḥ sthitiḥ || 8 ||

Translation

You are the living being in this world; you are knowledge, the supreme deity; you are the senses, mind and intellect, and the going and abiding of all.

Word by word

tvam
(tvam) you
ēva
indeed
jīvaḥ
(jīvaḥ) the living being
lōkē
world
asmiṁs
(asmin) in this
tvaṁ
you
vidyā
knowledge
paradēvatā
the supreme deity
indriyāṇi
the senses
manaḥ
(manaḥ) mind
buddhiḥ
(buddhiḥ) intellect
viśvēṣāṁ
of all
gatiḥ
(gatiḥ) the going
sthitiḥ
(sthitiḥ) the abiding

Meaning

Vidyā here is knowledge of the Self, the ṭīkā says; buddhi is understanding of the truth of the scriptures. All movement and all rest in the world are hers.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tvam eva". The jīva in this world, that form too is you alone. Vidyā, whose form is knowledge of the Self, is you alone. Paradevatā, the highest deity, is you. The senses, the eye and the rest, manas, the mind, buddhi, the knowledge of the truth from the śāstras: that form too is you. The gati and sthiti, movement and rest, of all: that form too is you alone.