यत्र कुत्र स्थितो वापि प्राप्य ब्रह्मार्पितामृतम् । गृहीत्वा कीकशो वाऽपि ब्रह्मसायुज्यमाप्नुयात् ॥ ९० ॥
yatra kutra sthitō vāpi prāpya brahmārpitāmṛtam | gṛhītvā kīkaśō vā’pi brahmasāyujyamāpnuyāt || 90 ||
Translation
Wherever he may be, whoever obtains the nectar offered to Brahman and takes it, even a kīkaśa, gains union with Brahman.
Word by word
- yatra
- where
- kutra
- wherever
- sthitō
- placed
- vāpi
- or even
- prāpya
- obtaining
- brahmārpitāmṛtam
- the nectar offered to Brahman
- gṛhītvā
- taking
- kīkaśō
- a kīkaśa (outcaste)
- vā’pi
- or even
- brahmasāyujyamāpnuyāt
- gains union with Brahman
Meaning
The commentary glosses the "nectar" as śīdhu, wine, and kīkaśa as a cāṇḍāla: the offering raises even the lowest of the social order of the time.