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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 3.75

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Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
601
Minutes
300
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advanced

Ullāsa 3 · Verse 75

Verse 75

वाचिकं कायिकं वाऽपि मानसं वा यथामति । आराधने परेशस्य भावशुद्धिर्विधीयते ॥ ७५ ॥

vācikaṁ kāyikaṁ vā’pi mānasaṁ vā yathāmati | ārādhanē parēśasya bhāvaśuddhirvidhīyatē || 75 ||

Translation

Whether by speech, by body or by mind, as one is able: in the worship of the Supreme Lord what is required is purity of heart.

Word by word

vācikaṁ
by speech
kāyikaṁ
by body
vā’pi
or also
mānasaṁ
by mind
vā
or
yathāmati
as one is able
ārādhanē
in the worship
parēśasya
of the Supreme Lord
bhāvaśuddhirvidhīyatē
purity of heart is required

Meaning

The commentary: whichever of the three kinds of prostration one makes, what matters is bhāva-śuddhi, the purity of the inner faculty.