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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.269

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 269

ब्रह्मज्ञस्य सन्यासः, अवधूताचारकथनम्Renunciation for the knower of Brahman; the conduct of the avadhūta

Verse 269

ततो निर्द्वन्द्वरूपोऽसौ निष्कामस्थिरमानसः । विहरेत् स्वेच्छया शिष्यः साक्षाद् ब्रह्ममयो भुवि ॥ २६९ ॥

tatō nirdvandvarūpō’sau niṣkāmasthiramānasaḥ | viharēt svēcchayā śiṣyaḥ sākṣād brahmamayō bhuvi || 269 ||

Translation

Then, free of the pairs of opposites, without desire, steady in mind, the disciple should wander the earth at his own will, Brahman itself in visible form.

Word by word

tatō
(tataḥ) then
nirdvandva
free of the pairs of opposites
rūpō
(rūpaḥ) in form
asau
he
niṣkāma
without desire
sthira
steady
mānasaḥ
in mind
viharēt
should wander
svēcchayā
at his own will
śiṣyaḥ
the disciple
sākṣād
(sākṣāt) visible
brahma
Brahman
mayō
(mayaḥ) itself
bhuvi
the earth

Meaning

The commentary explains "nirdvandva": the dvandvas are the pairs, pleasure and pain and the like; one free of them is nirdvandva.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Nirdvandvarūpaḥ: the dvandvas are the pairs, pleasure and pain and the like; one free of them is nirdvandva; his form is such.