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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.153

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 3 · Verse 153

Verse 153

यथा ब्रह्मोपदेशेन विमुक्तः सर्वपातकैः । गच्छन्ति ब्रह्मसायुज्यं तथैव तत्र साधनात् ॥ १५३ ॥

yathā brahmōpadēśēna vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ | gacchanti brahmasāyujyaṁ tathaiva tatra sādhanāt || 153 ||

Translation

As those freed from every sin by the teaching of Brahman reach union with Brahman, so too do they reach it by its practice.

Word by word

yathā
as
brahmōpadēśēna
by the teaching of Brahman
vimuktaḥ
freed
sarvapātakaiḥ
from every sin
gacchanti
they reach
brahmasāyujyaṁ
union with Brahman
tathaiva
so too
tatra
there
sādhanāt
by practice

Meaning

Brahma-sāyujya is glossed as becoming Brahman: the closing verse of the chapter on the worship of Brahman.