चतुर्विधावधूतलक्षणानिThe marks of the four kinds of avadhūta
Verse 144
पूर्णाभिषेकविधिना संस्कृता ये च मानवाः । शैवावधूतास्ते ज्ञेयाः पूजनीयाः कुलार्चिते ॥ १४४ ॥
pūrṇābhiṣēkavidhinā saṁskṛtā yē ca mānavāḥ | śaivāvadhūtāstē jñēyāḥ pūjanīyāḥ kulārcitē || 144 ||
Translation
And those people who are consecrated by the rite of the pūrṇābhiṣeka are to be known as Śaiva avadhūtas, worthy of honour, O you worshipped by the Kula.
Word by word
- pūrṇa
- full
- abhiṣēka
- (abhiṣeka) of the consecration
- vidhinā
- by the rite
- saṁskṛtā
- (saṁskṛtāḥ) consecrated
- yē
- those who
- ca
- and
- mānavāḥ
- people
- śaiva
- Śaiva
- avadhūtās
- (avadhūtāḥ) avadhūtas
- tē
- they
- jñēyāḥ
- to be known
- pūjanīyāḥ
- worthy of honour
- kula
- by the Kula
- arcitē
- (arcite) O worshipped
Meaning
The second kind is defined by the full consecration, whose rite was given at 10.109 and after. No change of outward state is required here either.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 143.