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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.85

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 85

वैदिकतान्त्रिकोभयसन्ध्याकरणे युक्तिःWhy both the Vedic and the Tantric sandhyā are done

Verse 85

इयन्तु ब्रह्मसावित्री यथा भवति वैदिकी । तथैव तान्त्रिकी ज्ञेया प्रशस्तोभयकर्मणि ॥ ८५ ॥

iyantu brahmasāvitrī yathā bhavati vaidikī | tathaiva tāntrikī jñēyā praśastōbhayakarmaṇi || 85 ||

Translation

But this Brahma-Sāvitrī, as it is Vedic, is to be known as Tantric too, and is commended in both kinds of rite.

Word by word

iyan
(iyam) this
tu
but
brahma
Brahma
sāvitrī
Sāvitrī
yathā
as
bhavati
it is
vaidikī
Vedic
tathā
(tathā) so
ēva
also
tāntrikī
Tantric
jñēyā
is to be known
praśastā
(praśastā) commended
ubhaya
in both kinds of
karmaṇi
rite

Meaning

The reconciliation. The Gāyatrī ("Sāvitrī", addressed to Savitṛ, here "Brahma-Sāvitrī", the Sāvitrī of Brahman) is both Vedic and Tantric: it belongs to both bodies of revelation. Doing it does not take one outside the Tantric path.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 84.