ब्राह्मशैवावधूतयोः कर्त्तव्यकर्माणिThe duties of the Brāhma and Śaiva avadhūtas
Verse 150
कृतावधूतसंस्कारो यदि स्यात् ज्ञानदुर्बलः । तदा लोकालये तिष्ठन्नात्मानं स तु शोधयेत् ॥ १५० ॥
kṛtāvadhūtasaṁskārō yadi syāt jñānadurbalaḥ | tadā lōkālayē tiṣṭhannātmānaṁ sa tu śōdhayēt || 150 ||
Translation
If one who has taken the rite of the avadhūta is still weak in knowledge, then, staying in the dwellings of people, he should purify himself,
Word by word
- kṛta
- taken
- avadhūta
- (avadhūta) of the avadhūta
- saṁskārō
- (saṁskāraḥ) the rite
- yadi
- if
- syāt
- he is
- jñāna
- in knowledge
- durbalaḥ
- weak
- tadā
- then
- lōka
- of people
- ālayē
- (ālaye) in the dwellings
- tiṣṭhan
- staying
- ātmānaṁ
- himself
- sa
- he
- tu
- indeed
- śōdhayēt
- should purify
Meaning
The Parivrāṭ is the one who has the consecration without the realization. The text does not send him to the forest; it keeps him among people, in the setting where such purifying is done.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 149.