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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 4.66

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Ullāsas
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Minutes
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Ullāsa 4 · Verse 66

Verse 66

कुलतत्त्वं कुलद्रव्यं कुलयोगिनमेव च । नमस्कुर्वन्ति ये भक्त्या न हि तान् बाधते कलिः ॥ ६६ ॥

kulatattvaṁ kuladravyaṁ kulayōginamēva ca | namaskurvanti yē bhaktyā na hi tān bādhatē kaliḥ || 66 ||

Translation

Those who bow with devotion to the kula truth, the kula substances and the kula yogin: the Kali age does not afflict them.

Word by word

kulatattvaṁ
the kula truth
kuladravyaṁ
the kula substances
kulayōginamēva
the kula yogin
ca
and
namaskurvanti
bow to
yē
who
bhaktyā
with devotion
na
not
hi
indeed
tān
them
bādhatē
afflicts
kaliḥ
the Kali age

Meaning

The commentary glosses kula-dravya as wine, meat and the like, and kula-tattva in the Kaula sense of the Śakti.