कुलधर्ममाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Kula dharma
Verse 191
बहुनाऽत्र किमुक्तेन तवाग्रे सत्यमुच्यते । भवाब्धितरणे सेतुः कुलधर्मो हि नापरः ॥ १९१ ॥
bahunā’tra kimuktēna tavāgrē satyamucyatē | bhavābdhitaraṇē sētuḥ kuladharmō hi nāparaḥ || 191 ||
Translation
What need to say more here? I tell you the truth to your face: for crossing the ocean of existence the Kula dharma is the bridge, and no other.
Word by word
- bahunā
- with much
- atra
- (atra) here
- kim
- what
- uktēna
- said
- tava
- of you
- agrē
- (agre) before
- satyam
- the truth
- ucyatē
- is told
- bhava
- of existence
- abdhi
- (abdhi) the ocean
- taraṇē
- for crossing
- sētuḥ
- the bridge
- kula
- of the Kula
- dharmō
- (dharmaḥ) the dharma
- hi
- indeed
- na
- no
- aparaḥ
- (aparaḥ) other
Meaning
The same formula that closed the praise of the liṅga at verse 23. Here it closes the praise of the Kula.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 187.