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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.16

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
385
Minutes
192
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 16

Verse 16

उपासकानां कार्यार्थं श्रेयसे जगतामपि । दानवानां विनाशाय धत्से नानाविधास्तनूः ॥ १६ ॥

upāsakānāṁ kāryārthaṁ śrēyasē jagatāmapi | dānavānāṁ vināśāya dhatsē nānāvidhāstanūḥ || 16 ||

Translation

For the sake of your worshippers, for the good of the worlds, and to destroy the demons, you take bodies of many kinds.

Word by word

upāsakānāṁ
of the worshippers
kāryārthaṁ
for the sake
śrēyasē
for the good
jagatāmapi
of the worlds too
dānavānāṁ
of the demons
vināśāya
for the destruction
dhatsē
you take
nānāvidhāstanūḥ
bodies of many kinds

Meaning

Answering, says the commentary, the question why the formless one takes form.