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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.19

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 3 · Verse 19

Verse 19

सर्वशास्त्रेषु निष्णातः सर्वलोकप्रतिष्ठितः । यस्य कर्णपथोपान्तप्राप्तो मन्त्रमहामणिः ॥ १९ ॥

sarvaśāstrēṣu niṣṇātaḥ sarvalōkapratiṣṭhitaḥ | yasya karṇapathōpāntaprāptō mantramahāmaṇiḥ || 19 ||

Translation

he is versed in every scripture and honoured in every world, whose ear has received this great jewel of a mantra.

Word by word

sarvaśāstrēṣu
in all scriptures
niṣṇātaḥ
versed
sarvalōkapratiṣṭhitaḥ
honoured in all the worlds
yasya
whose
karṇapathōpāntaprāptō
has reached the path of the ear
mantramahāmaṇiḥ
the great jewel of the mantra

Meaning

Niṣṇāta is glossed as skilled; the jewel is the mantra itself.