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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.104

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Ullāsas
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Published
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 104

Verse 104

अस्तु तावत् परो धर्म्मः पूर्वधर्म्मोऽपि नश्यति । शाम्भवाचारहीनस्य नरकान्नैव निष्कृतिः ॥ १०४ ॥

astu tāvat parō dharmmaḥ pūrvadharmmō’pi naśyati | śāmbhavācārahīnasya narakānnaiva niṣkṛtiḥ || 104 ||

Translation

Let alone the higher dharma: even the earlier dharma is lost. For one without the conduct of Śambhu there is no escape from hell.

Word by word

astu
let be
tāvat
so far
parō
the higher
dharmmaḥ
dharma
pūrvadharmmō’pi
even the earlier dharma
naśyati
is lost
śāmbhavācārahīnasya
for one without the conduct of Śambhu
narakānnaiva
from hell not at all
niṣkṛtiḥ
deliverance

Meaning

Niṣkṛti is glossed as deliverance.