महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 202
यथा नगेषु हिमवान् तारकासु यथा शशी । भास्वांस्तेजःसु तन्त्रेषु तन्त्रराजमिदं तथा ॥ २०२ ॥
yathā nagēṣu himavān tārakāsu yathā śaśī | bhāsvāṁstējaḥsu tantrēṣu tantrarājamidaṁ tathā || 202 ||
Translation
As Himavat among mountains, as the moon among the stars, as the sun among the radiant, so is this king of Tantras among Tantras.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- nagēṣu
- among mountains
- himavān
- Himavat
- tārakāsu
- among the stars
- śaśī
- the moon
- bhāsvāṁs
- (bhāsvān) the sun
- tējaḥsu
- among the radiant
- tantrēṣu
- among Tantras
- tantra
- of Tantras
- rājam
- the king
- idaṁ
- this
- tathā
- so
Meaning
The commentary glosses "tejaḥsu" as among those with radiance. Three natural kings, each supreme in its kind, set the measure for the text.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Tejaḥsu: among the radiant (verses 202 to 211). Thus ends the fourteenth ullāsa of the commentary on the Śrī Mahānirvāṇa Tantra.