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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.209

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 209

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

Verse 209

न घटस्थापनाऽत्रास्ति न बाहुल्येन पूजनम् । सर्वत्र ब्रह्मभावेन साधयेत् तत्त्वसाधनम् ॥ २०९ ॥

na ghaṭasthāpanā’trāsti na bāhulyēna pūjanam | sarvatra brahmabhāvēna sādhayēt tattvasādhanam || 209 ||

Translation

Here there is no setting up of a jar, no elaborate worship; everywhere, by the sense of Brahman, one should carry out the practice of the tattvas.

Word by word

na
no
ghaṭa
of a jar
sthāpanā
setting up
atra
here
asti
there is
bāhulyēna
elaborate
pūjanam
worship
sarvatra
everywhere
brahma
of Brahman
bhāvēna
by the sense
sādhayēt
one should carry out
tattva
of the tattvas
sādhanam
the practice

Meaning

The Tattva-cakra has no outer apparatus: no jar, no lengthy worship. "Tattva-sādhana", the commentary says, is the practice of the Tattva-cakra, and it rests wholly on seeing everything as Brahman. The commentary reads verses 209 and 210 together.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Tattvasādhanam: the practice of the Tattva-cakra. (This explanation covers verses 209 and 210.)