कुलाचारं विना यत्र नास्त्युपायः कुलेश्वरि । तत्रानृतप्रवेशश्चेत् कुतो निःश्रेयसं भवेत् ॥ ८३ ॥
kulācāraṁ vinā yatra nāstyupāyaḥ kulēśvari | tatrānṛtapravēśaścēt kutō niḥśrēyasaṁ bhavēt || 83 ||
Translation
Where there is no other means than kulācāra, O queen of the Kaulas, if falsehood enters it, how can there be liberation?
Word by word
- kulācāraṁ
- kulācāra
- vinā
- apart from
- yatra
- where
- nāstyupāyaḥ
- there is no means
- kulēśvari
- O queen of the Kaulas
- tatrānṛtapravēśaścēt
- if falsehood enters there
- kutō
- how
- niḥśrēyasaṁ
- liberation
- bhavēt
- can there be
Meaning
Niḥśreyasa is glossed as liberation (mukti).