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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.66

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Ullāsa 3 · Verse 66

Verse 66

इति ते कथितं देवि पञ्चरत्नं महेशितुः । कवचं शृणु चार्वङ्गि जगन्मङ्गलनामकम् । पठनाद्धारणाद् यस्य ब्रह्मज्ञो जायते ध्रुवम् ॥ ६६ ॥

iti tē kathitaṁ dēvi pañcaratnaṁ mahēśituḥ | kavacaṁ śṛṇu cārvaṅgi jaganmaṅgalanāmakam | paṭhanāddhāraṇād yasya brahmajñō jāyatē dhruvam || 66 ||

Translation

So I have told you, O Goddess, the five jewels of the great Lord. Hear now, O fair one, the armour called "Auspicious for the World", by reading and wearing which one surely becomes a knower of Brahman.

Word by word

iti
thus
tē
to you
kathitaṁ
has been told
dēvi
O Goddess
pañcaratnaṁ
the five jewels
mahēśituḥ
of the great Lord
kavacaṁ
the armour
śṛṇu
hear
cārvaṅgi
O fair-limbed one
jaganmaṅgalanāmakam
called "Auspicious for the World"
paṭhanāddhāraṇād
by reading and wearing
yasya
which
brahmajñō
a knower of Brahman
jāyatē
becomes
dhruvam
surely

Meaning

After the hymn, the commentary says, the armour is to be recited, and Śiva now gives it.