महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 195
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यं श्रावयेद्वापि मानवान् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सोऽन्ते निर्वाणमाप्नुयात् ॥ १९५ ॥
ya idaṁ śṛṇuyānnityaṁ śrāvayēdvāpi mānavān | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sō’ntē nirvāṇamāpnuyāt || 195 ||
Translation
Whoever hears this daily, or has others hear it, freed of all sin, reaches nirvāṇa at the end.
Word by word
- ya
- (yaḥ) who
- idaṁ
- this
- śṛṇuyān
- (śṛṇuyāt) hears
- nityaṁ
- daily
- śrāvayēd
- (śrāvayet) has others hear
- vā
- or
- api
- also
- mānavān
- people
- sarva
- all
- pāpa
- of sin
- vinirmuktaḥ
- freed
- sō
- (saḥ) he
- antē
- (ante) at the end
- nirvāṇam
- nirvāṇa
- āpnuyāt
- (āpnuyāt) reaches
Meaning
The commentary says the greatness of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra is now declared, as many texts declare their own at the close (the phalaśruti). Hearing is named first, as an act open to all.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he declares the greatness of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra, in the verses beginning "ya idaṁ śṛṇuyān nityam" (verses 195 to 201).