कुलधर्ममाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Kula dharma
Verse 194
इति ते कथितं देवि सर्वधर्मविनिर्णयम् । महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य पूर्वार्धं लोकपावनम् ॥ १९४ ॥
iti tē kathitaṁ dēvi sarvadharmavinirṇayam | mahānirvāṇatantrasya pūrvārdhaṁ lōkapāvanam || 194 ||
Translation
Thus I have told you, O Devī, the judgment of all dharmas, the first half of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra, which purifies the world.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- tē
- to you
- kathitaṁ
- told
- dēvi
- O Devī
- sarva
- of all
- dharma
- dharmas
- vinirṇayam
- the judgment
- mahānirvāṇa
- of the Mahānirvāṇa
- tantrasya
- Tantra
- pūrva
- first
- ardhaṁ
- (ardham) half
- lōka
- the world
- pāvanam
- which purifies
Meaning
Here the text says what these fourteen chapters are: the first half (pūrvārdha) of a larger whole. "Sarva-dharma-nirṇaya", the judgment of all dharmas, is also the phrase in every colophon of the text.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 187.