चतुर्विधावधूतमाहात्म्यकथनम्The greatness of the four kinds of avadhūta
Verse 173
एतेषां दर्शनात् स्पर्शादालापात् परितोषणात् । सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिर्जायते मनुजन्मनाम् ॥ १७३ ॥
ētēṣāṁ darśanāt sparśādālāpāt paritōṣaṇāt | sarvatīrthaphalāvāptirjāyatē manujanmanām || 173 ||
Translation
From seeing them, touching them, conversing with them and pleasing them, those born as humans gain the fruit of all tīrthas.
Word by word
- ētēṣāṁ
- their
- darśanāt
- from seeing
- sparśād
- (sparśāt) from touching
- ālāpāt
- (ālāpāt) from conversing
- paritōṣaṇāt
- from pleasing
- sarva
- all
- tīrtha
- of tīrthas
- phala
- of the fruit
- avāptir
- (avāptiḥ) the gaining
- jāyatē
- arises
- manuja
- as humans
- janmanām
- for those born
Meaning
The commentary introduces the greatness of the avadhūtas here. The verse extends what was said of the liṅga: as the tīrthas are present in that field, so they are now said to be in these people.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he tells the greatness of the avadhūtas, in the verses beginning "eteṣām" (verses 173 and 174).