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Verse 11
निगमागमतन्त्रेषु वेदेषु संहितासु च । सर्वे मन्त्रा मयैवोक्ताः प्रयोगो युगभेदतः ॥ ११ ॥
nigamāgamatantrēṣu vēdēṣu saṁhitāsu ca | sarvē mantrā mayaivōktāḥ prayōgō yugabhēdataḥ || 11 ||
Translation
In the Nigamas, the Āgamas and the Tantras, in the Vedas and the Saṁhitās, every mantra was spoken by me; their use differs with the age.
Word by word
- nigama
- in the Nigamas
- āgama
- Āgamas
- tantrēṣu
- and Tantras
- vēdēṣu
- in the Vedas
- saṁhitāsu
- in the Saṁhitās
- ca
- and
- sarvē
- all
- mantrāḥ
- (mantrāḥ) mantras
- mayā
- by me
- ēva
- indeed
- uktāḥ
- (uktāḥ) were spoken
- prayōgaḥ
- (prayogaḥ) the use
- yuga
- of the age
- bhēdataḥ
- according to the difference
Meaning
Śiva claims all scripture as his own speech: the Vedas and their Saṁhitās, and the Tantric literature of Nigamas (teachings given by the Goddess to Śiva), Āgamas (given by Śiva to the Goddess) and Tantras. The mantras are one; what changes from age to age is their prayoga, the way they are applied, as the last two verses showed with the praṇava and hrīṁ.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 10.