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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 14.172

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Ullāsa 14 · Verse 172

पूर्णब्राह्मावधूतस्य सर्वकर्मण्यनधिकारःThe complete Brāhma avadhūta has no duty of any act

Verse 172

इति ते कथितं देवि चतुर्णां कुलयोगिनाम् । लक्षणं सविशेषेण साधूनां मत्स्वरूपिणाम् ॥ १७२ ॥

iti tē kathitaṁ dēvi caturṇāṁ kulayōginām | lakṣaṇaṁ saviśēṣēṇa sādhūnāṁ matsvarūpiṇām || 172 ||

Translation

Thus I have told you in detail, O Devī, the marks of the four Kula yogins, good men who are of my own nature.

Word by word

iti
thus
tē
to you
kathitaṁ
told
dēvi
O Devī
caturṇāṁ
of the four
kula
Kula
yōginām
yogins
lakṣaṇaṁ
the marks
saviśēṣēṇa
in detail
sādhūnāṁ
of good men
mat
my
svarūpiṇām
of the nature

Meaning

A summary, which adds one thing: "mat-svarūpiṇām", of my own form. These four are forms of Śiva, and that is the ground of the praise of them which follows.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 170.