सुराभेदकथनम्The kinds of wine
Verse 2
श्रीसदाशिव उवाच । गौडी पैष्टी तथा माध्वी त्रिविधा चोत्तमा सुरा । सैव नानाविधा प्रोक्ता तालखर्जूरसम्भवा ॥ २ ॥
śrīsadāśiva uvāca | gauḍī paiṣṭī tathā mādhvī trividhā cōttamā surā | saiva nānāvidhā prōktā tālakharjūrasambhavā || 2 ||
Translation
Śrī Sadāśiva said: Gauḍī, paiṣṭī and mādhvī: wine of these three kinds is the best. It is also said to be of many kinds, made from palm and date.
Word by word
- śrī
- glorious
- sadāśiva
- Sadāśiva
- uvāca
- said
- gauḍī
- gauḍī, wine of molasses
- paiṣṭī
- paiṣṭī, wine of flour
- tathā
- and
- mādhvī
- mādhvī, wine of madhūka flowers
- trividhā
- of three kinds
- cōttamā
- (ca uttamā) and best
- surā
- wine
- saiva
- (sā eva) that same
- nānāvidhā
- of many kinds
- prōktā
- is said
- tāla
- palm
- kharjūra
- date
- sambhavā
- made from
Meaning
The commentary explains the names: gauḍī is made from molasses (guḍa), paiṣṭī from grain flour (piṣṭa), mādhvī from madhūka flowers. Palm and date wines are further kinds. 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
Thus entreated by the Goddess, Śrī Sadāśiva spoke, beginning "gauḍī…". Gauḍī is wine made from molasses (guḍa); paiṣṭī is made from flour (piṣṭa); mādhvī is made from madhūka flowers. So wine of three kinds is declared the best. That same wine is of many kinds: showing the many kinds of wine he says "tāla-kharjūra…". (This explanation covers verses 2 and 3.)