महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 207
उक्तं बहुविधं तन्त्रमेकैकाख्यानसंयुतम् । सर्वधर्मान्वितं तन्त्रं नातःपरतरं क्वचित् ॥ २०७ ॥
uktaṁ bahuvidhaṁ tantramēkaikākhyānasaṁyutam | sarvadharmānvitaṁ tantraṁ nātaḥparataraṁ kvacit || 207 ||
Translation
Many kinds of Tantra have been told, each with its own single subject. A Tantra joined to all dharmas, higher than this, is nowhere.
Word by word
- uktaṁ
- told
- bahu
- many
- vidhaṁ
- kinds
- tantram
- Tantra
- ēka
- each single
- ākhyāna
- (ākhyāna) subject
- saṁyutam
- with
- sarva
- all
- dharma
- dharmas
- anvitaṁ
- (anvitam) joined to
- na
- not
- ataḥ
- (ataḥ) than this
- parataraṁ
- higher
- kvacit
- anywhere
Meaning
The claim that makes the Mahānirvāṇa distinct. Other Tantras, it says, take a single topic; this one takes the whole of the life of a person and a society.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 202.