चतुर्विधावधूतमाहात्म्यकथनम्The greatness of the four kinds of avadhūta
Verse 178
कुलतत्त्वैः कुलद्रव्यैः कौलिकान् कुलयोगिनः । येऽर्चयन्ति सकृद्भक्त्या तेऽपि पूज्या महीतले ॥ १७८ ॥
kulatattvaiḥ kuladravyaiḥ kaulikān kulayōginaḥ | yē’rcayanti sakṛdbhaktyā tē’pi pūjyā mahītalē || 178 ||
Translation
Those who even once with devotion worship the Kaulas, the yogins of the Kula, with the tattvas of the Kula and the things of the Kula, they too are worthy of worship on earth.
Word by word
- kula
- of the Kula
- tattvaiḥ
- with the tattvas
- dravyaiḥ
- with the things
- kaulikān
- the Kaulas
- yōginaḥ
- the yogins
- yē
- (ye) those who
- arcayanti
- (arcayanti) worship
- sakṛd
- (sakṛt) once
- bhaktyā
- with devotion
- tē
- (te) they
- api
- too
- pūjyā
- (pūjyāḥ) worthy of worship
- mahī
- of the earth
- talē
- on the surface
Meaning
The commentary gives "kula-tattva" as meat and the rest, and "kula-dravya" as wine. So honour passes on: not only the adept but the one who honours the adept is worthy of it. 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
Kulatattvaiḥ: with meat and the rest. Kuladravyaiḥ: with wine (verses 178 to 186).