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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.79

Traditional

Ullāsas
14
Published
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Verses
385
Minutes
192
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 79

Verse 79

गोपनाद्धीयते सत्यं न गुप्तिरनृतं विना । तस्मात् प्रकाशतः कुर्यात् कौलिकः कुलसाधनम् ॥ ७९ ॥

gōpanāddhīyatē satyaṁ na guptiranṛtaṁ vinā | tasmāt prakāśataḥ kuryāt kaulikaḥ kulasādhanam || 79 ||

Translation

By concealment truth is lost, and there is no concealment without falsehood; so the Kaula should practise the kula worship openly.

Word by word

gōpanāddhīyatē
by concealment is lost
satyaṁ
truth
na
no
guptiranṛtaṁ
concealment, falsehood
vinā
without
tasmāt
therefore
prakāśataḥ
openly
kuryāt
should do
kaulikaḥ
the Kaula
kulasādhanam
the kula worship

Meaning

Hīyate is glossed as "is lost, abandoned".