सर्वेषां कुलाचारे अधिकारःAll have the right to Kula conduct
Verse 186
प्रार्थयन्ति कुलाचारं ये केचिदपि मानवाः । तान् वञ्चयन् कुलीनोऽपि रौरवं नरकं व्रजेत् ॥ १८६ ॥
prārthayanti kulācāraṁ yē kēcidapi mānavāḥ | tān vañcayan kulīnō’pi rauravaṁ narakaṁ vrajēt || 186 ||
Translation
Whatever people ask for the Kula conduct, one who cheats them, though he be of the Kula, goes to the hell called Raurava.
Word by word
- prārthayanti
- ask for
- kula
- of the Kula
- ācāraṁ
- (ācāram) the conduct
- yē
- those who
- kēcid
- (kecit) whatever
- api
- even
- mānavāḥ
- people
- tān
- them
- vañcayan
- cheating
- kulīnō
- (kulīnaḥ) of the Kula
- rauravaṁ
- Raurava
- narakaṁ
- the hell
- vrajēt
- goes to
Meaning
And a warning for the teacher. A person who asks to be received has a claim on the Kaula, whoever the person may be. This responsibility is taken up in the next verse.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 178.