कुलधर्ममाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Kula dharma
Verse 188
शताभिषेकात् यत् पुण्यं पुरश्चर्याशतैरपि । तस्मात् कोटिगुणं पुण्यमेकस्मिन् कौलिके कृते ॥ १८८ ॥
śatābhiṣēkāt yat puṇyaṁ puraścaryāśatairapi | tasmāt kōṭiguṇaṁ puṇyamēkasmin kaulikē kṛtē || 188 ||
Translation
Whatever merit comes from a hundred consecrations and a hundred preparatory rites, ten million times that merit comes from a single person made a Kaula.
Word by word
- śata
- a hundred
- abhiṣēkāt
- (abhiṣekāt) from consecrations
- yat
- what
- puṇyaṁ
- merit
- puraścaryā
- preparatory rites
- śatair
- (śataiḥ) by hundreds
- api
- also
- tasmāt
- than that
- kōṭi
- ten million
- guṇaṁ
- times
- ēkasmin
- in one
- kaulikē
- made a Kaula
- kṛtē
- being done
Meaning
Here "kaulike kṛte" means the one person who has been brought into the Kula. Teaching outranks every personal practice.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 187.