"ओँ तत्सत्" मन्त्र माहात्म्यम्The greatness of the mantra oṁ tat sat
Verse 162
पश्यन् सर्वत्र सद्रूपं जपंस्तत्सन्महामनुम् । स्वेच्छाचारः शुद्धचित्तः स एव भुवि कौलराट् ॥ १६२ ॥
paśyan sarvatra sadrūpaṁ japaṁstatsanmahāmanum | svēcchācāraḥ śuddhacittaḥ sa ēva bhuvi kaularāṭ || 162 ||
Translation
He who sees everywhere the form of being, repeating the great mantra tat sat, pure of mind and following his own will: he alone on earth is king of Kaulas.
Word by word
- paśyan
- seeing
- sarvatra
- everywhere
- sad
- (sat) of being
- rūpaṁ
- the form
- japaṁs
- (japan) repeating
- tat
- tat
- san
- (sat) sat
- mahā
- great
- manum
- the mantra
- sva
- his own
- icchā
- (icchā) will
- ācāraḥ
- (ācāraḥ) following
- śuddha
- pure
- cittaḥ
- of mind
- sa
- he
- ēva
- alone
- bhuvi
- on earth
- kaula
- of Kaulas
- rāṭ
- king
Meaning
"Svecchācāra", acting on one's own will, is the phrase here that sounds like licence, and the words beside it qualify it: it belongs to one who sees being in everything and whose mind is pure.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 161.