सन्ध्याविधिःThe rule of the sandhyā
Verse 80
शूद्रसामान्यजातीनामधिकारोऽस्ति केवलम् । आगमोक्तविधौ देवि सर्वसिद्धिस्ततो भवेत् ॥ ८० ॥
śūdrasāmānyajātīnāmadhikārō’sti kēvalam | āgamōktavidhau dēvi sarvasiddhistatō bhavēt || 80 ||
Translation
The śūdras and those of the common class have the right only to the rite taught in the Āgamas, Devī; from that comes every success.
Word by word
- śūdra
- of the śūdras
- sāmānya
- and of the common
- jātīnām
- (jātīnām) classes
- adhikārō
- (adhikāraḥ) the right
- asti
- is
- kēvalam
- only
- āgama
- in the Āgamas
- ukta
- taught
- vidhau
- to the rite
- dēvi
- O Devī
- sarva
- every
- siddhis
- (siddhiḥ) success
- tatō
- (tataḥ) from that
- bhavēt
- comes
Meaning
The Vedic sandhyā belongs to the three "twice-born" classes; the śūdra and sāmānya have the right only to the Tantric rite. The verse does not treat this as a loss: "from that", the commentary says, from the rite of the Āgamas, "comes every success". As verses 84 to 89 will say, the Tantric rite alone is enough for all.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Tataḥ: from that, from the rite taught in the Āgamas.