कुललक्षणं कुलाचारनिरूपणञ्चThe mark of kula, and kulācāra described
Verse 95
श्रीपार्वत्युवाच । कुलं किं परमेशान कुलाचारश्च किं विभो । लक्षणं पञ्चतत्त्वस्य श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥ ९५ ॥
śrīpārvatyuvāca | kulaṁ kiṁ paramēśāna kulācāraśca kiṁ vibhō | lakṣaṇaṁ pañcatattvasya śrōtumicchāmi tattvataḥ || 95 ||
Translation
Śrī Pārvatī said: What is kula, supreme lord, and what is kulācāra, mighty one? I wish to hear truly the marks of the five tattvas.
Word by word
- śrī
- glorious
- pārvatī
- Pārvatī
- uvāca
- said
- kulaṁ
- kula
- kiṁ
- what is
- paramēśāna
- supreme lord
- kula
- of the kula
- ācāraś
- (ācāraḥ) the conduct
- ca
- and
- vibhō
- mighty one
- lakṣaṇaṁ
- the marks
- pañca
- of the five
- tattvasya
- tattvas
- śrōtum
- to hear
- icchāmi
- I wish
- tattvataḥ
- truly
Meaning
The last part of the chapter, the commentary says, answers the Goddess's wish to know the kula, the kulācāra and the rest. These are the central words of Kaula Tantra, used throughout the text without definition: kula, "family" or "totality"; kulācāra, the conduct of the kula; and the five tattvas. Now they are defined.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Wishing to know the kula, the kulācāra and the rest, Śrī Pārvatī spoke, beginning "kulaṁ kim…".