कुललक्षणं कुलाचारनिरूपणञ्चThe mark of kula, and kulācāra described
Verse 96
श्रीसदाशिव उवाच । सम्यक् पृष्टं कुलेशानि साधकानां हितैषिणि । कथयामि तव प्रीत्यै यथावदवधारय ॥ ९६ ॥
śrīsadāśiva uvāca | samyak pṛṣṭaṁ kulēśāni sādhakānāṁ hitaiṣiṇi | kathayāmi tava prītyai yathāvadavadhāraya || 96 ||
Translation
Śrī Sadāśiva said: Well asked, sovereign of the kula, you who seek the good of practitioners: I shall tell it for your joy; take it to heart as it is.
Word by word
- śrī
- glorious
- sadāśiva
- Sadāśiva
- uvāca
- said
- samyak
- well
- pṛṣṭaṁ
- asked
- kula
- of the kula
- īśāni
- sovereign
- sādhakānāṁ
- of practitioners
- hita
- the good
- ēṣiṇi
- you who seek
- kathayāmi
- I shall tell
- tava
- your
- prītyai
- for joy
- yathāvad
- (yathāvat) as it is
- avadhāraya
- take to heart
Meaning
Śiva praises the question and the motive behind it: the Goddess asks not for herself but "seeking the good of practitioners" (sādhakānāṃ hitaiṣiṇī). He asks her to hold the answer "as it is" (yathāvat), exactly: what follows are definitions, and precision matters.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Thus urged, Śrī Sadāśiva spoke, beginning "samyak pṛṣṭam…".