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॥ श्री ॥tantra

Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.7

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
4
Verses
385
Minutes
192
Level
advanced

Ullāsa 4 · Verse 7

सविशेषं सावशेषमामूलाद्वक्तुमर्हसि । मम प्रीतिकरं देव लोकानां हितकारकम् । को ह्यन्यस्त्वामृते शम्भो भवव्याधिभिषग्गुरुः ॥ ७ ॥

saviśēṣaṁ sāvaśēṣamāmūlādvaktumarhasi | mama prītikaraṁ dēva lōkānāṁ hitakārakam | kō hyanyastvāmṛtē śambhō bhavavyādhibhiṣagguruḥ || 7 ||

Translation

Please tell it in full detail, leaving nothing out, from the very root, what gives me joy and does good to the worlds, O god: for who but you, Śambhu, is the guru who heals the disease of worldly existence?

Word by word

saviśēṣaṁ
in full detail
sāvaśēṣamāmūlādvaktumarhasi
without omission, from the root, please tell
mama
to me
prītikaraṁ
giving joy
dēva
O god
lōkānāṁ
of the worlds
hitakārakam
doing good
kō
who
hyanyastvāmṛtē
indeed other, apart from you
śambhō
O Śambhu
bhavavyādhibhiṣagguruḥ
the guru-physician of the disease of existence

Meaning

Bhava-vyādhi-bhiṣag-guru is glossed as the king of physicians for the disease of birth and death.