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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 5.2

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Ullāsas
14
Published
5
Verses
601
Minutes
300
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advanced

Ullāsa 5 · Verse 2

तव रूपाण्यनन्तानि नानावर्णाकृतीनि च । नानाप्रयाससाध्यानि वर्णितुं केन शक्यते ॥ २ ॥

tava rūpāṇyanantāni nānāvarṇākṛtīni ca | nānāprayāsasādhyāni varṇituṁ kēna śakyatē || 2 ||

Translation

Your forms are endless, of many colours and shapes, reached by many kinds of effort: who could describe them?

Word by word

tava
your
rūpāṇyanantāni
forms are endless
nānāvarṇākṛtīni
of many colours and shapes
ca
and
nānāprayāsasādhyāni
attained by many kinds of effort
varṇituṁ
to describe
kēna
by whom
śakyatē
is it possible

Meaning

Her countless forms are the deities of the many Tantras.