कुललक्षणं कुलाचारनिरूपणञ्चThe mark of kula, and kulācāra described
Verse 101
सद्गुरोः सेवया प्राप्य विद्यामेनां परात्पराम् । कुलाचाररता भूत्वा पञ्चतत्त्वैः कुलेश्वरीम् ॥ १०१ ॥
sadgurōḥ sēvayā prāpya vidyāmēnāṁ parātparām | kulācāraratā bhūtvā pañcatattvaiḥ kulēśvarīm || 101 ||
Translation
Having gained this supreme vidyā by serving a true teacher, devoted to kulācāra, worshipping the sovereign of the kula with the five tattvas,
Word by word
- sad
- (sat) a true
- gurōḥ
- teacher
- sēvayā
- by serving
- prāpya
- having gained
- vidyām
- vidyā
- ēnāṁ
- this
- parātparām
- supreme
- kula
- to kula
- ācāra
- conduct
- ratā
- (ratāḥ) devoted
- bhūtvā
- being
- pañca
- with the five
- tattvaiḥ
- tattvas
- īśvarīm
- the sovereign
Meaning
"This vidyā", the commentary explains, is "the form of the mantra": vidyā is the Tantric word for a mantra of a goddess. It is gained by serving a true guru (sad-guru), not taken on one's own. Then, devoted to kulācāra, the practitioner worships Kuleśvarī with the five tattvas. The sentence ends in verse 102. 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
See the commentary on verse 100.