महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 196
सर्वागमानां तन्त्राणां सारात्सारं परात्परम् । तन्त्रराजमिदं ज्ञात्वा जायते सर्वशास्त्रवित् ॥ १९६ ॥
sarvāgamānāṁ tantrāṇāṁ sārātsāraṁ parātparam | tantrarājamidaṁ jñātvā jāyatē sarvaśāstravit || 196 ||
Translation
Knowing this king of Tantras, the essence of the essence of all Āgamas and Tantras, higher than the highest, one becomes a knower of all scripture.
Word by word
- sarva
- of all
- āgamānāṁ
- (āgamānām) Āgamas
- tantrāṇāṁ
- Tantras
- sārāt
- than the essence
- sāraṁ
- the essence
- parāt
- than the highest
- param
- higher
- tantra
- of Tantras
- rājam
- the king
- idaṁ
- this
- jñātvā
- knowing
- jāyatē
- one becomes
- śāstra
- of scripture
- vit
- a knower
Meaning
The title "tantra-rāja", king of Tantras, is the text's own, and it comes back at verse 202.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 195.