श्रीदेव्युवाच । श्रुतं बहुविधं धर्ममिहामूत्र सुखप्रदम् । धर्मार्थकामदं विघ्नहरं निर्वाणकारणम् ॥ २ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca | śrutaṁ bahuvidhaṁ dharmamihāmūtra sukhapradam | dharmārthakāmadaṁ vighnaharaṁ nirvāṇakāraṇam || 2 ||
Translation
The Goddess said: I have heard dharma of many kinds, which gives happiness here and in the hereafter, which grants dharma, wealth and desire, removes obstacles and is the cause of nirvāṇa.
Word by word
- śrutaṁ
- I have heard
- bahuvidhaṁ
- of many kinds
- dharmam
- (dharmam) dharma
- iha
- here
- amūtra
- (amutra) and in the hereafter
- sukha
- happiness
- pradam
- which gives
- dharma
- dharma
- artha
- wealth
- kāmadaṁ
- (kāma-dam) and which gives desire
- vighna
- obstacles
- haraṁ
- which removes
- nirvāṇa
- of nirvāṇa
- kāraṇam
- the cause
Meaning
Pārvatī sums up what she has received: dharma that gives happiness "here and hereafter" (iha-amutra), that grants three of the four aims of life, dharma (right order), artha (wealth) and kāma (desire), that removes obstacles, and that leads to the fourth aim, nirvāṇa, liberation. The Mahānirvāṇa Tantra holds throughout that its way serves both enjoyment and liberation (bhoga and mokṣa) at once; it does not ask the householder to give up the world in order to be free. The text writes "amūtra" for amutra, "in the other world".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Asked "what did she say?", he says "śrutam…".