महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 200
आसीद् गुह्यतमं यन्मे साधनं ज्ञानमुत्तमम् । तव प्रश्नेन तन्त्रेऽस्मिंस्तत् सर्वं सुप्रकाशितम् ॥ २०० ॥
āsīd guhyatamaṁ yanmē sādhanaṁ jñānamuttamam | tava praśnēna tantrē’smiṁstat sarvaṁ suprakāśitam || 200 ||
Translation
The practice that was most secret with me and the highest knowledge: at your asking, all of it has been made clear in this Tantra.
Word by word
- āsīd
- (āsīt) was
- guhyatamaṁ
- most secret
- yan
- (yat) what
- mē
- with me
- sādhanaṁ
- practice
- jñānam
- knowledge
- uttamam
- the highest
- tava
- your
- praśnēna
- by the question
- tantrē
- in the Tantra
- asmiṁs
- (asmin) this
- tat
- that
- sarvaṁ
- all
- suprakāśitam
- made clear
Meaning
As so often in this text, the Goddess's questions are given the credit. It exists because she asked for the sake of the people of the Kali age.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 195.