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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.32

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
4
Verses
385
Minutes
192
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 4 · Verse 32

Verse 32

कालसंग्रसनात् काली सर्वेषामादिरूपिणी । कालत्वादादिभूतत्वादाद्या कालीति गीयते ॥ ३२ ॥

kālasaṁgrasanāt kālī sarvēṣāmādirūpiṇī | kālatvādādibhūtatvādādyā kālīti gīyatē || 32 ||

Translation

Because you devour Time you are Kālī, the origin of all; because you are Time and the beginning, you are sung as Ādyā Kālī.

Word by word

kālasaṁgrasanāt
because of devouring Time
kālī
Kālī
sarvēṣāmādirūpiṇī
the origin of all
kālatvādādibhūtatvādādyā
because of being Time and the beginning, Ādyā
kālīti
"Kālī"
gīyatē
is sung

Meaning

Ādirūpiṇī is glossed as having the nature of the cause.