ब्राह्मशैवावधूतयोः कर्त्तव्यकर्माणिThe duties of the Brāhma and Śaiva avadhūtas
Verse 145
ब्राह्मावधूताः शैवाश्च स्वाश्रमाचारवर्तिनः । विदध्युः सर्वकर्माणि मदुदीरितवर्त्मना ॥ १४५ ॥
brāhmāvadhūtāḥ śaivāśca svāśramācāravartinaḥ | vidadhyuḥ sarvakarmāṇi madudīritavartmanā || 145 ||
Translation
Brāhma and Śaiva avadhūtas, keeping to the conduct of their own stage of life, should do all their acts by the path I have told.
Word by word
- brāhma
- Brāhma
- avadhūtāḥ
- (avadhūtāḥ) avadhūtas
- śaivāś
- (śaivāḥ) Śaiva
- ca
- and
- sva
- their own
- āśrama
- (āśrama) of the stage
- ācāra
- (ācāra) the conduct
- vartinaḥ
- keeping to
- vidadhyuḥ
- should do
- sarva
- all
- karmāṇi
- acts
- mad
- (mat) by me
- udīrita
- (udīrita) told
- vartmanā
- by the path
Meaning
"Vidadhyuḥ" the commentary glosses as "they should do". An avadhūta of these two kinds is therefore not above ordinary duties; he performs them by the Tantra's way.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Vidadhyuḥ: they should perform (verses 145 to 148).