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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 2.39

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 2 · Verse 39

Verse 39

तत्सत्यतामुपाश्रित्य सद्वद्भाति पृथक् पृथक् । तेनैव हेतुभूतेन वयं जाता महेश्वरि ॥ ३९ ॥

tatsatyatāmupāśritya sadvadbhāti pṛthak pṛthak | tēnaiva hētubhūtēna vayaṁ jātā mahēśvari || 39 ||

Translation

Borrowing his reality, it appears real, thing by thing; and by him as cause we were born, O Maheśvarī.

Word by word

tatsatyatāmupāśritya
resting on his reality
sadvadbhāti
shines as real
pṛthak
separately
tēnaiva
by him alone
hētubhūtēna
as the cause
vayaṁ
we
jātā
were born
mahēśvari
O Maheśvarī

Meaning

The commentary gives the examples: "this earth, these waters, this air" each shine as real because of his reality. "We" are Śaṅkara and the other gods.