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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.45

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Ullāsas
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 45

Verse 45

अयन्तु परमो मार्गो गुप्तोऽस्ति पशुसङ्कटे । व्यक्तीभविष्यत्यचिरात् संवृत्ते प्रवले कलौ ॥ ४५ ॥

ayantu paramō mārgō guptō’sti paśusaṅkaṭē | vyaktībhaviṣyatyacirāt saṁvṛttē pravalē kalau || 45 ||

Translation

This supreme path is hidden now among the throng of paśus; it will soon become manifest, when the Kali age has fully come.

Word by word

ayantu
but this
paramō
supreme
mārgō
path
guptō’sti
is hidden
paśusaṅkaṭē
among the throng of paśus
vyaktībhaviṣyatyacirāt
will soon become manifest
saṁvṛttē
when it has come
pravalē
strong
kalau
the Kali age

Meaning

Paśu-saṅkaṭa is glossed as the crowd of paśus; saṁvṛtta as fully arrived.