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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 2.28

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Ullāsas
14
Published
5
Verses
601
Minutes
300
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Ullāsa 2 · Verse 28

Verse 28

त्वया यादृक्कृताः प्रश्ना न केनापि पुरा कृताः । तव स्नेहेन वक्ष्यामि सारात्सारं परात्परम् ॥ २८ ॥

tvayā yādṛkkṛtāḥ praśnā na kēnāpi purā kṛtāḥ | tava snēhēna vakṣyāmi sārātsāraṁ parātparam || 28 ||

Translation

Questions such as you have asked no one has asked before. Out of love for you I will tell the essence of essences, higher than the highest.

Word by word

tvayā
by you
yādṛkkṛtāḥ
such as were made
praśnā
questions
na
not
kēnāpi
by anyone
purā
before
kṛtāḥ
were made
tava
your
snēhēna
out of love
vakṣyāmi
I shall tell
sārātsāraṁ
the essence of essences
parātparam
higher than the highest

Meaning

The "essence" Śiva promises is the teaching of this Tantra.