सर्वेषां कुलाचारे अधिकारःAll have the right to Kula conduct
Verse 187
चाण्डालं यवनं नीचं मत्वा स्त्रियमवज्ञया । कौलं न कुर्यात् यः कौलः सोऽधमो यात्यधोगतिम् ॥ १८७ ॥
cāṇḍālaṁ yavanaṁ nīcaṁ matvā striyamavajñayā | kaulaṁ na kuryāt yaḥ kaulaḥ sō’dhamō yātyadhōgatim || 187 ||
Translation
The Kaula who will not make a Kaula of a Cāṇḍāla or a Yavana, thinking him low, or of a woman, in contempt, is himself the lowest and goes the downward way.
Word by word
- cāṇḍālaṁ
- a Cāṇḍāla
- yavanaṁ
- a Yavana
- nīcaṁ
- low
- matvā
- thinking
- striyam
- a woman
- avajñayā
- (avajñayā) in contempt
- kaulaṁ
- a Kaula
- na
- not
- kuryāt
- will make
- yaḥ
- who
- kaulaḥ
- a Kaula
- sō
- (saḥ) he
- adhamō
- (adhamaḥ) the lowest
- yāti
- goes
- adhō
- (adhaḥ) downward
- gatim
- the way
Meaning
One of the most striking verses of the chapter. The commentary glosses "avajñayā" as with contempt. The fault is laid on the one who refuses, and the woman is named beside the outcaste among those who may not be refused. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Avajñayā: with contempt (verses 187 to 194).