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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.208

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 208

तत्त्वचक्रकथनम्, तत्र अधिकारिताThe Tattva-cakra, and who may take part

Verse 208

सर्वं ब्रह्ममयं भावश्चक्रेऽस्मिंस्तत्त्वसंज्ञके । येषामुत्पद्यते देवि त एव तत्त्वचक्रिणः ॥ २०८ ॥

sarvaṁ brahmamayaṁ bhāvaścakrē’smiṁstattvasaṁjñakē | yēṣāmutpadyatē dēvi ta ēva tattvacakriṇaḥ || 208 ||

Translation

Those in whom, in this circle called Tattva, the sense that all is made of Brahman arises, Devī, they alone are Tattva-cakrins.

Word by word

sarvaṁ
all
brahma
Brahman
mayaṁ
is made of
bhāvaś
(bhāvaḥ) the sense
cakrē
in circle
asmiṁs
(asmin) this
tattva
Tattva
saṁjñakē
called
yēṣām
(yeṣām) in whom
utpadyatē
arises
dēvi
O Devī
ta
(te) they
ēva
alone
cakriṇaḥ
are cakrins

Meaning

The commentary glosses "bhāva" as "bhāvanā", contemplation. Membership is defined by an inner state: those in whom the realization "all is Brahman" arises within the circle are its true members.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Bhāvaḥ: bhāvanā, contemplation; that is the meaning.