महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 197
किन्तस्य तीर्थभ्रमणैः किं यज्ञैर्जपसाधनैः । जानन्नेतन्महातन्त्रं कर्मपाशैर्विमुच्यते ॥ १९७ ॥
kintasya tīrthabhramaṇaiḥ kiṁ yajñairjapasādhanaiḥ | jānannētanmahātantraṁ karmapāśairvimucyatē || 197 ||
Translation
What use to him are wanderings to tīrthas? What use are sacrifices and the means of japa? Knowing this great Tantra, one is freed from the fetters of action.
Word by word
- kin
- (kim) what use
- tasya
- to him
- tīrtha
- to tīrthas
- bhramaṇaiḥ
- with wanderings
- kiṁ
- what use
- yajñair
- (yajñaiḥ) with sacrifices
- japa
- of japa
- sādhanaiḥ
- with the means
- jānan
- knowing
- ētan
- (etat) this
- mahā
- great
- tantraṁ
- Tantra
- karma
- of action
- pāśair
- (pāśaiḥ) from the fetters
- vimucyatē
- is freed
Meaning
The same questions as those asked about the knowledge of Brahman at verse 124, which suggests how the text regards itself: it is a way to that knowledge.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 195.