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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.280

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 280

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

Verse 280

सर्वत्र समदृष्टिः स्यात् कीटे देवे तथा नरे । सर्वं ब्रह्मेति जानीयात् परिव्राट् सर्वकर्मसु ॥ २८० ॥

sarvatra samadṛṣṭiḥ syāt kīṭē dēvē tathā narē | sarvaṁ brahmēti jānīyāt parivrāṭ sarvakarmasu || 280 ||

Translation

He should see equally everywhere, in the worm, the god and the man; the wandering monk should know all as Brahman in all his acts.

Word by word

sarvatra
everywhere
sama
equally
dṛṣṭiḥ
seeing
syāt
he should be
kīṭē
in the worm
dēvē
the god
tathā
and
narē
the man
sarvaṁ
all
brahma
(brahma) as Brahman
iti
thus
jānīyāt
should know
parivrāṭ
the wandering monk
sarva
in all
karmasu
his acts

Meaning

The equal vision of the Gītā (5.18), seeing the same Self in all beings, from the insect to the god.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 279.