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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.15

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 15

Verse 15

त्वमेव सूक्ष्मा स्थूला त्वं व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरूपिणी । निराकाराऽपि साकारा कस्त्वां वेदितुमर्हति ॥ १५ ॥

tvamēva sūkṣmā sthūlā tvaṁ vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇī | nirākārā’pi sākārā kastvāṁ vēditumarhati || 15 ||

Translation

You alone are subtle and gross, manifest and unmanifest; formless, you have form: who can know you?

Word by word

tvamēva
you alone
sūkṣmā
subtle
sthūlā
gross
tvaṁ
you
vyaktāvyaktasvarūpiṇī
of manifest and unmanifest nature
nirākārā’pi
though formless
sākārā
with form
kastvāṁ
who you
vēditumarhati
is able to know

Meaning

Subtle is glossed as atomic, gross as having a body; "formless" in truth, she takes forms.