महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 204
विद्यते यस्य भवने सर्वतन्त्रोत्तमोत्तमम् । न तस्य वंशे देवेशि पशुर्भवति कर्हिचित् ॥ २०४ ॥
vidyatē yasya bhavanē sarvatantrōttamōttamam | na tasya vaṁśē dēvēśi paśurbhavati karhicit || 204 ||
Translation
In whose house this best of all Tantras is found, in his line, O Queen of the gods, no one is ever a paśu.
Word by word
- vidyatē
- is found
- yasya
- whose
- bhavanē
- in the house
- sarva
- of all
- tantra
- Tantras
- uttama
- (uttama) the best
- uttamam
- (uttamam) of the best
- na
- not
- tasya
- his
- vaṁśē
- in the line
- dēvēśi
- O Queen of the gods
- paśur
- (paśuḥ) a paśu
- bhavati
- is
- karhicit
- ever
Meaning
A paśu, literally a beast, is in tantric language one still bound, not yet awakened to the Kula. The promise extends to a whole family, from the mere presence of the text in the house.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 202.