चतुर्विधावधूतमाहात्म्यकथनम्The greatness of the four kinds of avadhūta
Verse 175
ते धन्यास्ते कृतार्थाश्च ते पुण्यास्ते कृताध्वराः । यैरर्चिताः कुलद्रव्यैर्मानवैः कुलसाधवः ॥ १७५ ॥
tē dhanyāstē kṛtārthāśca tē puṇyāstē kṛtādhvarāḥ | yairarcitāḥ kuladravyairmānavaiḥ kulasādhavaḥ || 175 ||
Translation
Blessed are they, fulfilled, holy, those who have performed sacrifice, by whom the good men of the Kula have been honoured with the things of the Kula.
Word by word
- tē
- they
- dhanyās
- (dhanyāḥ) blessed
- kṛta
- done
- arthāś
- (arthāḥ) whose aim
- ca
- and
- puṇyās
- (puṇyāḥ) holy
- adhvarāḥ
- (adhvarāḥ) whose sacrifice
- yair
- (yaiḥ) by whom
- arcitāḥ
- (arcitāḥ) honoured
- kula
- of the Kula
- dravyair
- (dravyaiḥ) with the things
- mānavaiḥ
- by people
- sādhavaḥ
- the good men
Meaning
The commentary gives "kula-dravya" as wine and the rest. The verse praises the host who honours these people in the Kula way. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Kuladravyaiḥ: with the things of the Kula, wine and the rest (verses 175 and 176).