कुलधर्ममाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the Kula dharma
Verse 192
छिद्यन्ते संशयाः सर्वे क्षीयन्ते पापसञ्चयाः । दह्यन्ते कर्मजालानि कुलधर्मनिषेवणात् ॥ १९२ ॥
chidyantē saṁśayāḥ sarvē kṣīyantē pāpasañcayāḥ | dahyantē karmajālāni kuladharmaniṣēvaṇāt || 192 ||
Translation
All doubts are cut, heaps of sin waste away, the nets of action burn, by following the Kula dharma.
Word by word
- chidyantē
- are cut
- saṁśayāḥ
- doubts
- sarvē
- all
- kṣīyantē
- waste away
- pāpa
- of sin
- sañcayāḥ
- heaps
- dahyantē
- burn
- karma
- of action
- jālāni
- the nets
- kula
- of the Kula
- dharma
- the dharma
- niṣēvaṇāt
- by following
Meaning
The wording recalls the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (2.2.8), "chidyante sarvasaṁśayāḥ", said there of the one who has seen Brahman. The text here gives the fruit of knowledge to the Kula dharma.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 187.