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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.201

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 201

चक्रस्थसाधकानां शिवत्वम्Those in the circle are Śiva

Verse 201

बहुना किमिहोक्तेन सत्यं जानीहि कालिके । इहामुत्र सुखावाप्त्यै कुलमार्गो हि नापरः ॥ २०१ ॥

bahunā kimihōktēna satyaṁ jānīhi kālikē | ihāmutra sukhāvāptyai kulamārgō hi nāparaḥ || 201 ||

Translation

What use is saying much? Know the truth, Kālikā: for happiness here and hereafter there is the kula path and no other.

Word by word

bahunā
much
kim
(kim) what use
iha
here
uktēna
saying
satyaṁ
the truth
jānīhi
know
kālikē
O Kālikā
amutra
and hereafter
sukha
happiness
avāptyai
for
kula
the kula
mārgō
(mārgaḥ) path
hi
indeed
na
no
aparaḥ
other

Meaning

Śiva sums up the Bhairavī-cakra with a strong claim: the kula path, and no other, brings happiness in this world and the next.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 200.