सर्वप्राणिहितकरं भोगमोक्षैककारणम् । विशेषतः कलियुगे जीवानामाशु सिद्धिदम् ॥ ५ ॥
sarvaprāṇihitakaraṁ bhōgamōkṣaikakāraṇam | viśēṣataḥ kaliyugē jīvānāmāśu siddhidam || 5 ||
Translation
which is for the good of all living beings, the one cause of enjoyment and liberation, and gives success quickly to beings, above all in the Kali age.
Word by word
- sarva
- all
- prāṇi
- of living beings
- hita
- the good
- karaṁ
- which makes
- bhōga
- of enjoyment
- mōkṣa
- and liberation
- ēka
- the one
- kāraṇam
- cause
- viśēṣataḥ
- above all
- kali
- in the Kali
- yugē
- age
- jīvānām
- to beings
- āśu
- quickly
- siddhi
- success
- dam
- (dam) which gives
Meaning
Three claims are made for the sādhana of Ādyā Kālī. It benefits every living being (sarva-prāṇi-hitakara). It is the single cause of both bhoga, enjoyment of the world, and mokṣa, freedom from it: the Tantra repeatedly refuses the choice between the two that other paths impose. And it brings success quickly "above all in the Kali age", the present dark age in which, the text taught in ullāsa 2, Vedic rites have lost their power and the Tantric path is the effective one.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 4.