ब्राह्मशैवावधूतयोः कर्त्तव्यकर्माणिThe duties of the Brāhma and Śaiva avadhūtas
Verse 149
उक्तावधूतो द्विविधः पूर्णापूर्णविभेदतः । पूर्णः परमहंसाख्यः परिव्राड़परः प्रिये ॥ १४९ ॥
uktāvadhūtō dvividhaḥ pūrṇāpūrṇavibhēdataḥ | pūrṇaḥ paramahaṁsākhyaḥ parivrāḍaparaḥ priyē || 149 ||
Translation
The avadhūta just told is of two kinds, by the difference of the complete and the incomplete. The complete is called the Paramahaṁsa, and the other, beloved, the Parivrāṭ.
Word by word
- ukta
- told
- avadhūtō
- (avadhūtaḥ) the avadhūta
- dvividhaḥ
- of two kinds
- pūrṇa
- complete
- apūrṇa
- (apūrṇa) incomplete
- vibhēdataḥ
- by the difference
- pūrṇaḥ
- the complete
- paramahaṁsa
- Paramahaṁsa
- ākhyaḥ
- (ākhyaḥ) called
- parivrāḍa
- (parivrāṭ) the Parivrāṭ
- aparaḥ
- (aparaḥ) the other
- priyē
- beloved
Meaning
Here is how two become four: Brāhma and Śaiva are the first pair, and now complete and incomplete are the second. "Apara" the commentary explains as "apūrṇa", the incomplete. The next verses describe him first.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Aparaḥ: the other, the incomplete (apūrṇa) (verses 149 to 153).