स्वस्ति श्रीमहानिर्वाणतन्त्रे सर्वतन्त्रोत्तमोत्तमे सर्वधर्मनिर्णयसारे श्रीमदाद्यासदाशिवसंवादे पूर्वकाण्डे शिवलिङ्गस्थापनचतुर्विधावधूतविवरणकथनं नाम चतुर्दशोल्लासः । समाप्तोऽयं पूर्वार्धः ।
svasti śrīmahānirvāṇatantrē sarvatantrōttamōttamē sarvadharmanirṇayasārē śrīmadādyāsadāśivasaṁvādē pūrvakāṇḍē śivaliṅgasthāpanacaturvidhāvadhūtavivaraṇakathanaṁ nāma caturdaśōllāsaḥ | samāptō’yaṁ pūrvārdhaḥ |
Translation
Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, called "The telling of the installing of the Śiva-liṅga and the account of the four kinds of avadhūta", in the first part of the glorious Mahānirvāṇa Tantra, the best of all the Tantras, the essence of the judgment of all dharmas, the dialogue of Śrīmad Ādyā and Sadāśiva. Here ends this first half.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- śrīmahānirvāṇatantrē
- in the glorious Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
- sarva
- of all
- tantra
- the Tantras
- uttamōttamē
- (uttamottame) the very best
- dharma
- the dharmas
- nirṇaya
- of the judgment
- sārē
- the essence
- śrīmad
- (śrīmat) glorious
- ādyā
- (ādyā) Ādyā
- sadāśiva
- and Sadāśiva
- saṁvādē
- in the dialogue
- pūrvakāṇḍē
- in the first part
- śiva
- Śiva
- liṅga
- liṅga
- sthāpana
- the installing
- catur
- (catuḥ) four
- vidha
- kinds
- avadhūta
- (avadhūta) of avadhūta
- vivaraṇa
- the account
- kathanaṁ
- the telling
- nāma
- called
- caturdaśa
- fourteenth
- ullāsaḥ
- (ullāsaḥ) chapter
- samāptō
- (samāptaḥ) ended
- ayaṁ
- (ayam) this
- pūrva
- first
- ardhaḥ
- (ardhaḥ) half