कुलस्त्री-गृहस्थ-साधकानां सुधापानविधिःThe rule of drinking for Kula women and householders
Verse 194
अलिपानं कुलस्त्रीणां गन्धस्वीकारलक्षणम् । साधकानां गृहस्थानां पञ्चपात्रं प्रकीर्त्तितम् ॥ १९४ ॥
alipānaṁ kulastrīṇāṁ gandhasvīkāralakṣaṇam | sādhakānāṁ gṛhasthānāṁ pañcapātraṁ prakīrttitam || 194 ||
Translation
For Kula women, drinking wine is marked by accepting its scent; for householder practitioners five cups are declared.
Word by word
- ali
- ali (wine)
- pānaṁ
- drinking
- kula
- Kula
- strīṇāṁ
- of women
- gandha
- scent
- svīkāra
- accepting
- lakṣaṇam
- marked by
- sādhakānāṁ
- of practitioners
- gṛhasthānāṁ
- householders
- pañca
- five
- pātraṁ
- cups
- prakīrttitam
- is declared
Meaning
The commentary: for women, only smelling the wine; for householders, no more than five cups. What the Tantra prescribes here is its own teaching, given as the text presents it; taking up any practice is a matter for one's tradition and teacher.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
For the Kula women, their ali-pāna, their drinking of wine, is declared to be only the act of accepting the scent, taking the smell of the wine. For practitioners who are householders five vessels (pañca-pātra) of ali-pāna are declared: householder practitioners should drink wine only in the measure of five vessels. By the word "householders" it is suggested that for others than them there is no fault in drinking more than five vessels. To the question "what is the fault of householder practitioners who drink more than five vessels?" he says "atipānāt…". (Covers verses 194 and 195.)