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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 2.46

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 2 · Verse 46

Verse 46

सर्वे देवाश्च देव्यश्च तन्मयाः सुरवन्दिते । आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं तन्मयं सकलं जगत् ॥ ४६ ॥

sarvē dēvāśca dēvyaśca tanmayāḥ suravanditē | ābrahmastambaparyantaṁ tanmayaṁ sakalaṁ jagat || 46 ||

Translation

All gods and goddesses are made of him, O you whom the gods adore; from Brahmā down to a blade of grass, the whole world is made of him.

Word by word

sarvē
all
dēvāśca
the gods
dēvyaśca
and the goddesses
tanmayāḥ
made of him
suravanditē
O you adored by the gods
ābrahmastambaparyantaṁ
from Brahmā to a blade of grass
tanmayaṁ
made of him
sakalaṁ
the whole
jagat
world

Meaning

"Made of him" is glossed as "of the nature of the Supreme Self", and the whole world as having the nature of the Supreme Brahman.