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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.28

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Ullāsas
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Verses
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 28

Verse 28

न करोति न चाऽश्नाति न गच्छति न तिष्ठति । सत्यं ज्ञानमनाद्यन्तमबाङ्मनसगोचरम् ॥ २८ ॥

na karōti na cā’śnāti na gacchati na tiṣṭhati | satyaṁ jñānamanādyantamabāṅmanasagōcaram || 28 ||

Translation

It does not act, nor eat, nor go, nor stay; it is truth, knowledge, without beginning or end, beyond speech and mind.

Word by word

na
not
karōti
acts
cā’śnāti
and eats
gacchati
goes
tiṣṭhati
stays
satyaṁ
truth
jñānamanādyantamabāṅmanasagōcaram
knowledge, without beginning or end, beyond speech and mind

Meaning

Satya is glossed as of real nature, jñāna as the awareness of all things.