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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.104

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 104

योषिद्धर्मकथनम्The duties of women

Verse 104

कायेन मनसा वाचा सर्वदा प्रियकर्मभिः । या प्रीणयति भर्त्तारं सैव ब्रह्मपदं लभेत् ॥ १०४ ॥

kāyēna manasā vācā sarvadā priyakarmabhiḥ | yā prīṇayati bharttāraṁ saiva brahmapadaṁ labhēt || 104 ||

Translation

She who pleases her husband always, in body, mind and speech, by loving deeds, attains the state of Brahman.

Word by word

kāyēna
in body
manasā
mind
vācā
and speech
sarvadā
always
priya
loving
karmabhiḥ
by deeds
yā
she who
prīṇayati
pleases
bharttāraṁ
her husband
sā
(sā) she
ēva
indeed
brahma
of Brahman
padaṁ
the state
labhēt
attains

Meaning

The promised fruit is not merely a good name but "brahma-pada", the state of Brahman, liberation itself. The Tantra makes the household, for the woman as for the man (verse 23), a full path to the highest end.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 102.