महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 198
स विज्ञः सर्वशास्त्रेषु सर्वधर्मविदां वरः । स ज्ञानी ब्रह्मवित् साधुर्य एतद्वेत्ति कालिके ॥ १९८ ॥
sa vijñaḥ sarvaśāstrēṣu sarvadharmavidāṁ varaḥ | sa jñānī brahmavit sādhurya ētadvētti kālikē || 198 ||
Translation
He is learned in all scripture, the best of those who know every dharma; he is the knower, the knower of Brahman, the good man, who knows this, O Kālikā.
Word by word
- sa
- he
- vijñaḥ
- learned
- sarva
- in all
- śāstrēṣu
- scripture
- dharma
- dharma
- vidāṁ
- of those who know
- varaḥ
- the best
- jñānī
- the knower
- brahma
- Brahman
- vit
- knower of
- sādhur
- (sādhuḥ) the good man
- ya
- (yaḥ) who
- ētad
- (etat) this
- vētti
- knows
- kālikē
- O Kālikā
Meaning
A string of titles for one who has understood the Tantra. They rise to "brahmavit", the knower of Brahman.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 195.