महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 203
सर्वधर्ममयं तन्त्रं ब्रह्मज्ञानैकसाधनम् । पठित्वा पाठयित्वाऽपि ब्रह्मज्ञानी भवेन्नरः ॥ २०३ ॥
sarvadharmamayaṁ tantraṁ brahmajñānaikasādhanam | paṭhitvā pāṭhayitvā’pi brahmajñānī bhavēnnaraḥ || 203 ||
Translation
This Tantra, made up of all dharmas, is the one means to the knowledge of Brahman. By reading it and having it read, a person becomes a knower of Brahman.
Word by word
- sarva
- all
- dharma
- of dharmas
- mayaṁ
- made up
- tantraṁ
- Tantra
- brahma
- of Brahman
- jñāna
- the knowledge
- ēka
- (eka) the one
- sādhanam
- means
- paṭhitvā
- by reading
- pāṭhayitvā
- by having read
- api
- also
- jñānī
- a knower
- bhavēn
- (bhavet) becomes
- naraḥ
- a person
Meaning
What was said to be the fruit of knowledge is now said to follow from reading the text which teaches it, since all its dharmas tend there.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 202.