महानिर्वाणतन्त्रस्य श्रेष्ठत्वम्The excellence of the Mahānirvāṇa Tantra
Verse 209
परार्धसहितं ग्रन्थमेनं जानन्नरो भवेत् । त्रिकालवार्ता त्रैलोक्यवृत्तान्तं कथितुं क्षमः ॥ २०९ ॥
parārdhasahitaṁ granthamēnaṁ jānannarō bhavēt | trikālavārtā trailōkyavṛttāntaṁ kathituṁ kṣamaḥ || 209 ||
Translation
A person knowing this work with its latter half becomes able to speak of the news of the three times and the events of the three worlds.
Word by word
- para
- latter
- ardha
- (ardha) half
- sahitaṁ
- with
- grantham
- work
- ēnaṁ
- this
- jānan
- knowing
- narō
- (naraḥ) a person
- bhavēt
- becomes
- tri
- three
- kāla
- of the times
- vārtā
- the news
- trailōkya
- of the three worlds
- vṛttāntaṁ
- the events
- kathituṁ
- to speak of
- kṣamaḥ
- able
Meaning
The promised fruit is knowledge of past, present and future. Like the verse before, this speaks of a part that lies beyond the fourteen chapters given here.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 202.