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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.25

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Ullāsas
14
Published
5
Verses
601
Minutes
300
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advanced

Ullāsa 4 · Verse 25

Verse 25

सृष्टेरादौ त्वमेकाऽऽसीत् तमोरूपमगोचरम् । त्वत्तो जातं जगत् सर्वं परब्रह्मसिसृक्षया ॥ २५ ॥

sṛṣṭērādau tvamēkā’’sīt tamōrūpamagōcaram | tvattō jātaṁ jagat sarvaṁ parabrahmasisṛkṣayā || 25 ||

Translation

Before creation you alone were, in the form of darkness, beyond perception; from you the whole world was born, by the Supreme Brahman's wish to create.

Word by word

sṛṣṭērādau
before creation
tvamēkā’’sīt
you alone were
tamōrūpamagōcaram
in the form of darkness, beyond perception
tvattō
from you
jātaṁ
born
jagat
the world
sarvaṁ
whole
parabrahmasisṛkṣayā
by the Supreme Brahman's wish to create

Meaning

Agocara is glossed as beyond speech and mind, being without form.