चतुर्विधावधूतमाहात्म्यकथनम्The greatness of the four kinds of avadhūta
Verse 182
गङ्गायां पतिताम्भांसि यान्ति गाङ्गेयतां यथा । कुलाचारे विशन्तोऽपि सर्वे गच्छन्ति कौलताम् ॥ १८२ ॥
gaṅgāyāṁ patitāmbhāṁsi yānti gāṅgēyatāṁ yathā | kulācārē viśantō’pi sarvē gacchanti kaulatām || 182 ||
Translation
As the waters that fall into the Gaṅgā become the Gaṅgā's, so all who enter the Kula conduct reach the state of a Kaula.
Word by word
- gaṅgāyāṁ
- into the Gaṅgā
- patita
- fallen
- ambhāṁsi
- (ambhāṁsi) the waters
- yānti
- reach
- gāṅgēyatāṁ
- the being of the Gaṅgā
- yathā
- as
- kula
- of the Kula
- ācārē
- (ācāre) in the conduct
- viśantō
- (viśantaḥ) entering
- api
- indeed
- sarvē
- all
- gacchanti
- reach
- kaulatām
- the state of a Kaula
Meaning
A second image of absorption. Where the water came from no longer matters once it is in the river.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 178.