कूपसंस्कारःThe consecration of a well
Verse 165
ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेत् कौलान् दीनानपि बुभुक्षितान् । जलाशयप्रतिष्ठासु सर्वत्रैष क्रमः शिवे ॥ १६५ ॥
brāhmaṇān bhōjayēt kaulān dīnānapi bubhukṣitān | jalāśayapratiṣṭhāsu sarvatraiṣa kramaḥ śivē || 165 ||
Translation
…he should feed brāhmaṇas, kaulas and the hungry poor too. O Śivā, this is the order in every consecration of a reservoir.
Word by word
- brāhmaṇān
- brāhmaṇas
- bhōjayēt
- he should feed
- kaulān
- kaulas
- dīnān
- the poor
- api
- too
- bubhukṣitān
- hungry
- jala
- of a reservoir
- āśaya
- (āśaya) water
- pratiṣṭhāsu
- in consecrations
- sarvatra
- in every
- ēṣaḥ
- (eṣaḥ) this
- kramaḥ
- (kramaḥ) the order
- śivē
- O Śivā
Meaning
The feast closes the rite; the Kaulas, followers of the Tantra's own path, are fed beside the brāhmaṇas and the poor.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 161.