चतुर्विधावधूतमाहात्म्यकथनम्The greatness of the four kinds of avadhūta
Verse 179
कौलधर्मात् परो धर्मो नास्त्येव कमलानने । अन्त्यजोऽपि यमाश्रित्य पूतः कौलपदं व्रजेत् ॥ १७९ ॥
kauladharmāt parō dharmō nāstyēva kamalānanē | antyajō’pi yamāśritya pūtaḥ kaulapadaṁ vrajēt || 179 ||
Translation
There is no dharma higher than the dharma of the Kaula, O lotus-faced one. Relying on it, even one of the lowest birth, purified, attains the state of a Kaula.
Word by word
- kaula
- of the Kaula
- dharmāt
- than the dharma
- parō
- (paraḥ) higher
- dharmō
- (dharmaḥ) dharma
- na
- no
- asti
- (asti) is
- ēva
- indeed
- kamala
- lotus
- ānanē
- (ānane) O faced
- antyajō
- (antyajaḥ) one of the lowest birth
- api
- even
- yam
- which
- āśritya
- (āśritya) relying on
- pūtaḥ
- purified
- padaṁ
- the state
- vrajēt
- attains
Meaning
The way is said to be open to anyone, and birth is not a bar. Fuller statements of this follow at verses 184 and 187.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 178.