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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.68

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 68

गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder

Verse 68

असंशयात्मा सुश्रद्धः शाम्भवाचारतत्परः । मच्छासने हितो यश्च तेन लोकत्रयं जितम् ॥ ६८ ॥

asaṁśayātmā suśraddhaḥ śāmbhavācāratatparaḥ | macchāsanē hitō yaśca tēna lōkatrayaṁ jitam || 68 ||

Translation

He whose mind is free of doubt, full of faith, intent on the conduct of Śambhu, and devoted to my teaching, has conquered the three worlds.

Word by word

asaṁśaya
free of doubt
ātmā
whose mind
su
full of
śraddhaḥ
faith
śāmbhava
of Śambhu
ācāra
on the conduct
tatparaḥ
intent
mat
(mat) my
śāsanē
to the teaching
hitō
(hitaḥ) devoted
yaś
(yaḥ) who
ca
and
tēna
by him
lōka
worlds
trayaṁ
the three
jitam
have been conquered

Meaning

Here Śiva names his own path. "Śāmbhavācāra", the conduct of Śambhu (Śiva), is the Tantric way set out in this text; "my teaching" (mat-śāsana) is the Tantra itself. Faith without doubt in it is placed among the conquering virtues. The commentary reads verses 66 to 68 together.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 66.