चतुर्विधावधूतमाहात्म्यकथनम्The greatness of the four kinds of avadhūta
Verse 174
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यक्षेत्राणि यानि च । कुलसन्न्यासिनां देहे सन्ति तानि सदा प्रिये ॥ १७४ ॥
pṛthivyāṁ yāni tīrthāni puṇyakṣētrāṇi yāni ca | kulasannyāsināṁ dēhē santi tāni sadā priyē || 174 ||
Translation
All the tīrthas on earth and all the holy fields are ever in the bodies of those who have renounced in the Kula, beloved.
Word by word
- pṛthivyāṁ
- on earth
- yāni
- which
- tīrthāni
- the tīrthas
- puṇya
- holy
- kṣētrāṇi
- fields
- ca
- and
- kula
- in the Kula
- sannyāsināṁ
- of those who have renounced
- dēhē
- in the body
- santi
- are
- tāni
- those
- sadā
- ever
- priyē
- beloved
Meaning
The reasoning is the same as in verse 9 for the liṅga. The body of such a person is itself a pilgrimage place.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 173.