ककारकूटकीर्त्तनफलम्The fruit of reciting the hymn of ka
Verse 49
स वक्ता सर्वशास्त्राणां स भोक्ता सर्वसम्पदाम् । स कर्त्ता जातिधर्माणां ज्ञातीनां प्रभुरेव सः ॥ ४९ ॥
sa vaktā sarvaśāstrāṇāṁ sa bhōktā sarvasampadām | sa karttā jātidharmāṇāṁ jñātīnāṁ prabhurēva saḥ || 49 ||
Translation
He becomes the expounder of all the scriptures, the enjoyer of all riches, the maker of the laws of his caste, and the lord of his kinsmen.
Word by word
- sa
- he
- vaktā
- the expounder
- sarva
- of all
- śāstrāṇāṁ
- the scriptures
- bhōktā
- the enjoyer
- sampadām
- of riches
- karttā
- the maker
- jāti
- of his caste
- dharmāṇāṁ
- of the laws
- jñātīnāṁ
- of his kinsmen
- prabhur
- (prabhuḥ) the lord
- ēva
- indeed
- saḥ
- he
Meaning
Social and intellectual eminence: master of the śāstras, possessor of wealth, the one who sets the rules of his community (jāti-dharma), the head of his kin. In the world the text addresses, this was what eminence looked like for a householder.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 44.