चतुर्विधावधूतमाहात्म्यकथनम्The greatness of the four kinds of avadhūta
Verse 181
अहो पुण्यतमाः कौलास्तीर्थरूपाः स्वयं प्रिये । ये पुनन्त्यात्मसम्बन्धान् म्लेच्छश्वपचपामरान् ॥ १८१ ॥
ahō puṇyatamāḥ kaulāstīrtharūpāḥ svayaṁ priyē | yē punantyātmasambandhān mlēcchaśvapacapāmarān || 181 ||
Translation
Ah, most holy are the Kaulas, themselves in the form of tīrthas, beloved, who purify those joined to them, the Mleccha, the Śvapaca, the lowly.
Word by word
- ahō
- ah
- puṇyatamāḥ
- most holy
- kaulās
- (kaulāḥ) the Kaulas
- tīrtha
- of tīrthas
- rūpāḥ
- in the form
- svayaṁ
- themselves
- priyē
- beloved
- yē
- who
- punanti
- purify
- ātma
- (ātma) to them
- sambandhān
- those joined
- mlēccha
- the Mleccha
- śvapaca
- the Śvapaca
- pāmarān
- the lowly
Meaning
The Mleccha, foreigner, and the Śvapaca, "dog-cooker", are the two extremes of exclusion in the old lists. The point the verse makes is the Kaula's power to purify them, as a tīrtha purifies whoever comes into it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 178.