योगशब्दव्युत्पत्तिःThe meaning of the word yoga
Verse 141
श्रीदेव्युवाच । द्विविधावाश्रमौ प्रोक्तौ गार्हस्थो भैक्षुकस्तथा । किमिदं श्रूयते चित्रमवधूताश्चतुर्विधाः ॥ १४१ ॥
śrīdēvyuvāca | dvividhāvāśramau prōktau gārhasthō bhaikṣukastathā | kimidaṁ śrūyatē citramavadhūtāścaturvidhāḥ || 141 ||
Translation
Śrī Devī said: Two stages of life have been told, the householder's and the mendicant's. What is this strange thing I hear, that avadhūtas are of four kinds?
Word by word
- dvividhau
- two
- āśramau
- (āśramau) stages of life
- prōktau
- told
- gārhasthō
- (gārhasthaḥ) the householder's
- bhaikṣukas
- (bhaikṣukaḥ) the mendicant's
- tathā
- and
- kim
- what
- idaṁ
- this
- śrūyatē
- is heard
- citram
- strange
- avadhūtāś
- (avadhūtāḥ) avadhūtas
- caturvidhāḥ
- of four kinds
Meaning
She has a reason to be surprised. The eighth chapter (8.8) gave only two āśramas for the Kali age, and now her lord speaks of four kinds of avadhūta. The commentary says simply that she wishes to know their marks.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Wishing to know the marks of the four kinds of avadhūta, Śrī Devī said "dvividhau" and the rest (verses 141 and 142).