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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.179

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Ullāsas: 14
Published: 8
Verses: 1201
Minutes: 600
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Text overview

1Ullāsa 1Chapter 1 · 72 verses
2Ullāsa 2Chapter 2 · 54 verses
3Ullāsa 3Chapter 3 · 153 verses
4Ullāsa 4Chapter 4 · 106 verses
5Ullāsa 5Chapter 5 · 216 verses
6Ullāsa 6Chapter 6 · 200 verses
7Ullāsa 7Chapter 7 · 111 verses
8Ullāsa 8Chapter 8 · 289 verses
Verses
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
पञ्चवर्णाःThe five classes
1. 4
2. 5
द्विविधाश्रमःThe two stages of life
1. 6
2. 7
3. 8
गृहस्थाश्रमः, भिक्षुकाश्रमःThe householder and the renunciant
1. 9
2. 10
कलियुगे सन्यासःRenunciation in the Kali age
1. 11
उक्ताश्रमयोः सर्वेषामेव अधिकारःAll may enter both stages
1. 12
2. 13
आश्रमकालनिरूपणम्The time for each stage
1. 14
2. 15
3. 16
गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder
1. 17
2. 18
3. 19
4. 20
5. 21
6. 22
7. 23
8. 24
9. 25
10. 26
11. 27
12. 28
13. 29
14. 30
15. 31
16. 32
17. 33
18. 34
19. 35
20. 36
21. 37
22. 38
23. 39
24. 40
25. 41
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27. 43
28. 44
29. 45
30. 46
31. 47
32. 48
33. 49
34. 50
35. 51
36. 52
37. 53
38. 54
39. 55
40. 56
41. 57
42. 58
43. 59
44. 60
45. 61
46. 62
47. 63
48. 64
49. 65
50. 66
51. 67
52. 68
53. 69
अन्तर्बाह्यशौचाशौचनिरूपणम्Inner and outer purity and impurity
1. 70
2. 71
3. 72
4. 73
5. 74
6. 75
सन्ध्याविधिःThe rule of the sandhyā
1. 76
2. 77
3. 78
4. 79
5. 80
6. 81
7. 82
8. 83
वैदिकतान्त्रिकोभयसन्ध्याकरणे युक्तिःWhy both the Vedic and the Tantric sandhyā are done
1. 84
2. 85
3. 86
4. 87
5. 88
6. 89
7. 90
8. 91
9. 92
10. 93
कलावुपवासप्रतिनिधिःWhat replaces fasting in the Kali age
1. 94
2. 95
पुण्यकालनिर्देशःThe holy times
1. 96
2. 97
पुण्यतीर्थनिर्देशःThe holy places
1. 98
पितृशुश्रूषादिकर्मणां मुख्यत्वम्Service of parents comes first
1. 99
योषिद्धर्मकथनम्The duties of women
1. 100
2. 101
3. 102
4. 103
5. 104
6. 105
7. 106
योषितां विवाहे प्रशस्तकालःThe right time for a girl to marry
1. 107
अभक्ष्यमांसनिर्णयःMeats not to be eaten
1. 108
निरामिषभोजनविधिःThe rule of food without meat
1. 109
विप्रादिपञ्चवर्णानां वृत्तिनिर्णयःThe livelihood of the five classes
1. 110
2. 111
3. 112
4. 113
ब्राह्मणकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the brāhmaṇa
1. 114
2. 115
3. 116
क्षत्रियकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the kṣatriya
1. 117
2. 118
3. 119
4. 120
5. 121
6. 122
7. 123
8. 124
9. 125
10. 126
11. 127
12. 128
13. 129
14. 130
15. 131
16. 132
वैश्यकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the vaiśya
1. 133
2. 134
3. 135
4. 136
5. 137
6. 138
7. 139
8. 140
9. 141
शूद्रकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the śūdra
1. 142
2. 143
3. 144
4. 145
5. 146
6. 147
7. 148
8. 149
9. 150
10. 151
11. 152
भैरवीचक्रकथनम्The Bhairavī-cakra
1. 153
2. 154
3. 155
घटस्थापनम्, संक्षेपपूजाSetting up the jar; worship in brief
1. 156
2. 157
3. 158
4. 159
5. 160
6. 161
7. 162
8. 163
आनन्दभैरवीध्यानम्Meditation on Ānandabhairavī
1. 164
2. 165
3. 166
आनन्दभैरवध्यानम्Meditation on Ānandabhairava
1. 167
2. 168
3. 169
सुराप्रतिनिधिकथनम्What replaces wine
1. 170
2. 171
3. 172
4. 173
5. 174
6. 175
7. 176
शैव विवाहःThe Śaiva marriage
1. 177
2. 178
3. 179
4. 180
5. 181
6. 182
चक्रस्थल माहात्म्यम्The greatness of the place of the circle
1. 183
2. 184
3. 185
4. 186
5. 187
6. 188
चक्रस्थसाधककर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of those in the circle
1. 189
2. 190
3. 191
4. 192
चक्रस्थसाधकानां शिवत्वम्Those in the circle are Śiva
1. 193
2. 194
3. 195
4. 196
5. 197
6. 198
7. 199
8. 200
9. 201
कलौ कुलधर्मगोपने दोषःThe fault of hiding kuladharma in the Kali age
1. 202
तत्त्वचक्रकथनम्, तत्र अधिकारिताThe Tattva-cakra, and who may take part
1. 203
2. 204
3. 205
4. 206
5. 207
6. 208
7. 209
8. 210
9. 211
10. 212
तत्त्वशोधनमन्त्रःThe mantra that purifies the tattvas
1. 213
2. 214
3. 215
4. 216
चक्रानुष्ठेयानिWhat is to be done in the circle
1. 217
2. 218
3. 219
सन्यासधर्मकथनम्The dharma of renunciation
1. 220
2. 221
तत्कालनियमःWhen it is to be taken
1. 222
2. 223
सर्ववर्णाधिकारिताAll classes may take it
1. 224
सन्यासग्रहण कर्त्तव्यानिWhat is done in taking renunciation
1. 225
2. 226
3. 227
गुरुप्रार्थनाThe request to the guru
1. 228
2. 229
3. 230
ऋणत्रयमोचनम्Release from the three debts
1. 231
2. 232
3. 233
4. 234
5. 235
6. 236
7. 237
8. 238
आत्मश्राद्धक्रियाThe śrāddha of oneself
1. 239
2. 240
3. 241
4. 242
5. 243
6. 244
7. 245
वह्निस्थापनम्Establishing the fire
1. 246
साकल्यहोमः, व्याहृतिहोमःThe offering of sākalya; the offering with the vyāhṛtis
1. 247
प्राणहोमः, तत्त्वहोमःThe offering of the vital airs; the offering of the tattvas
1. 248
2. 249
3. 250
4. 251
5. 252
6. 253
7. 254
8. 255
उपवीत होमः, शिखाहुतिःOffering the sacred thread; offering the tuft
1. 256
2. 257
3. 258
4. 259
5. 260
6. 261
7. 262
8. 263
"तत्त्वमसि" महावाक्योपदेशःThe teaching of the great saying "That thou art"
1. 264
शिष्यप्रणामःBowing to the disciple
1. 265
2. 266
ब्रह्मज्ञस्य सन्यासः, अवधूताचारकथनम्Renunciation for the knower of Brahman; the conduct of the avadhūta
1. 267
2. 268
3. 269
4. 270
5. 271
6. 272
7. 273
8. 274
9. 275
10. 276
11. 277
12. 278
13. 279
14. 280
15. 281
16. 282
अवधूतदेहदाहनिषेधःThe avadhūta's body is not burned
1. 283
2. 284
3. 285
चित्तशुद्ध्यर्थमेव उपासनादिWorship and the rest are for purifying the mind
1. 286
2. 287
3. 288
4. 289
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शैव विवाहःThe Śaiva marriage

Verse 179

सम्प्राप्ते भैरवीचक्रे सर्वे वर्णाः द्विजोत्तमाः । निवृत्ते भैरवीचक्रे सर्वे वर्णाः पृथक् पृथक् ॥ १७९ ॥

samprāptē bhairavīcakrē sarvē varṇāḥ dvijōttamāḥ | nivṛttē bhairavīcakrē sarvē varṇāḥ pṛthak pṛthak || 179 ||

Translation

When the Bhairavī-cakra has begun, all classes are the best of the twice-born; when the Bhairavī-cakra is over, all classes are separate again.

Word by word

samprāptē: when has begun
bhairavī: Bhairavī
cakrē: the circle
sarvē: all
varṇāḥ: classes
dvija: of the twice-born
uttamāḥ: are the best
nivṛttē: when is over
pṛthak: separate

Meaning

One of the best-known verses of the Tantra. Within the circle, every participant, of whatever class, is a "dvijottama", the best of the twice-born, a brāhmaṇa; when it ends, the ordinary distinctions return. The suspension of caste is ritual, not social: it holds inside the consecrated space and time of the rite.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 178.