सर्वेषां कुलाचारे अधिकारःAll have the right to Kula conduct
Verse 185
आहूताः कुलधर्मेऽस्मिन् ये भवन्ति पराङ्मुखाः । सर्वधर्मपरिभ्रष्टास्ते गच्छन्त्यधमां गतिम् ॥ १८५ ॥
āhūtāḥ kuladharmē’smin yē bhavanti parāṅmukhāḥ | sarvadharmaparibhraṣṭāstē gacchantyadhamāṁ gatim || 185 ||
Translation
Those who, called to this Kula dharma, turn their faces away, fallen from every dharma, go the lowest way.
Word by word
- āhūtāḥ
- called
- kula
- of the Kula
- dharmē
- in the dharma
- asmin
- this
- yē
- those who
- bhavanti
- become
- parāṅ
- away
- mukhāḥ
- with faces
- sarva
- every
- dharma
- dharma
- paribhraṣṭās
- (paribhraṣṭāḥ) fallen from
- tē
- they
- gacchanti
- go
- adhamāṁ
- (adhamām) the lowest
- gatim
- way
Meaning
The other side of the open door. The verse is a warning, in the strong language of praise of one's own path that is found in many scriptures.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 178.