महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 201
यथा त्वं ब्रह्मणः शक्तिर्मम प्राणाधिका परा । महानिर्वाणतन्त्रं मे तथा जानीहि सुव्रते ॥ २०१ ॥
yathā tvaṁ brahmaṇaḥ śaktirmama prāṇādhikā parā | mahānirvāṇatantraṁ mē tathā jānīhi suvratē || 201 ||
Translation
As you, supreme, are the śakti of Brahman, dearer to me than life, so know the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra to be to me, O you of good vows.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- tvaṁ
- you
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of Brahman
- śaktir
- (śaktiḥ) the śakti
- mama
- to me
- prāṇa
- than life
- adhikā
- (adhikā) dearer
- parā
- supreme
- mahānirvāṇa
- Mahānirvāṇa
- tantraṁ
- Tantra
- mē
- to me
- tathā
- so
- jānīhi
- know
- suvratē
- O you of good vows
Meaning
The most personal statement of the closing, and the last of the verses the commentary groups together. The Tantra is put in the same place in Śiva's affection as the Goddess herself.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 195.