चक्रस्थसाधकानां शिवत्वम्Those in the circle are Śiva
Verse 200
षण्मासं भूमिपालः स्यात् वर्षं मृत्युञ्जयः स्वयम् । नित्यं समाचरन् मर्त्यो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमाप्नुयात् ॥ २०० ॥
ṣaṇmāsaṁ bhūmipālaḥ syāt varṣaṁ mṛtyuñjayaḥ svayam | nityaṁ samācaran martyō brahmanirvāṇamāpnuyāt || 200 ||
Translation
Practising it six months, a mortal becomes a lord of the earth; a year, Mṛtyuñjaya himself; practising it always, he attains the nirvāṇa of Brahman.
Word by word
- ṣaṇmāsaṁ
- six months
- bhūmi
- of the earth
- pālaḥ
- a lord
- syāt
- he becomes
- varṣaṁ
- a year
- mṛtyuñjayaḥ
- Mṛtyuñjaya
- svayam
- himself
- nityaṁ
- always
- samācaran
- practising
- martyō
- (martyaḥ) a mortal
- brahma
- of Brahman
- nirvāṇam
- (nirvāṇam) the nirvāṇa
- āpnuyāt
- attains
Meaning
A graded promise, which the commentary construes: one who practises the Bhairavī-cakra for six months becomes a king; for a year, "Mṛtyuñjaya", Śiva as the conqueror of death, that is, one who has overcome death; and the one who practises it always attains "brahma-nirvāṇa", final liberation in Brahman, the goal named in the title of the Tantra. The commentary reads verses 200 to 203 together.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Ṣaṇmāsam…" and the rest. The order of the words is: a mortal who practises the Bhairavī-cakra for six months becomes a lord of the earth, and so on. (This explanation covers verses 200 to 203.)