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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 7.56

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Ullāsa 7 · Verse 56

त्रैलोक्यविजयकवचस्य ऋष्यादिThe seer and the rest of the armour Victory over the Three Worlds

Verse 56

तैलोक्यविजयस्यास्य कवचस्य ऋषिः शिवः । छन्दोऽनुष्टुब्देवता च आद्या काली प्रकीर्त्तिता ॥ ५६ ॥

tailōkyavijayasyāsya kavacasya ṛṣiḥ śivaḥ | chandō’nuṣṭubdēvatā ca ādyā kālī prakīrttitā || 56 ||

Translation

Of this armour, the Victory over the Three Worlds, the seer is Śiva, the metre anuṣṭubh, and the deity is declared to be Ādyā Kālī;

Word by word

tailōkya
(trailokya) of the three worlds
vijayasya
of the victory over
asya
this
kavacasya
of armour
ṛṣiḥ
the seer
śivaḥ
Śiva
chandō
(chandaḥ) the metre
anuṣṭub
(anuṣṭup) anuṣṭubh
dēvatā
the deity
ca
and
ādyā
Ādyā
kālī
Kālī
prakīrttitā
is declared

Meaning

The armour has a name: Trailokyavijaya, "Victory over the Three Worlds". Its seer is Śiva, its metre anuṣṭubh, its deity Ādyā Kālī. As with the hymn in verse 11, these limbs are recited first. The viniyoga continues in verse 57.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 55.