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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 14.103

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Ullāsa 14 · Verse 103

महापीठादौ स्पर्शदोषाद्यभावःNo fault of touch at the great seats

Verse 103

यद्यत्पृष्टं महामाये नृणां कर्मानुजीविनाम् । निःश्रेयसाय तत् सर्वं सविशेषं प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ १०३ ॥

yadyatpṛṣṭaṁ mahāmāyē nṛṇāṁ karmānujīvinām | niḥśrēyasāya tat sarvaṁ saviśēṣaṁ prakīrtitam || 103 ||

Translation

Whatever you have asked, Mahāmāyā, for the highest good of people who live by action has all been told in detail.

Word by word

yad
(yat) whatever
yat
whatever
pṛṣṭaṁ
asked
mahāmāyē
Mahāmāyā
nṛṇāṁ
of people
karma
by action
anujīvinām
(anujīvinām) who live
niḥśrēyasāya
for the highest good
tat
that
sarvaṁ
all
saviśēṣaṁ
in detail
prakīrtitam
has been told

Meaning

A summary of a large part of the Tantra, rites of every kind. The phrase "karmānujīvinām", those who live by action, marks whom all this has been for, and prepares for a change of subject.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 100.