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Verse 13
कलिदुर्बलजीवानां प्रयासाशक्तचेतसाम् । संस्कारादिक्रियास्तेषां संक्षेपेणापि वच्मि ते ॥ १३ ॥
kalidurbalajīvānāṁ prayāsāśaktacētasām | saṁskārādikriyāstēṣāṁ saṁkṣēpēṇāpi vacmi tē || 13 ||
Translation
For the weak beings of the Kali age, whose minds cannot bear long effort, I shall tell you the sacraments and the other rites, in brief.
Word by word
- kali
- of the Kali age
- durbala
- weak
- jīvānāṁ
- for the beings
- prayāsa
- for effort
- aśakta
- unable
- cētasām
- (cetasām) whose minds
- saṁskāra
- the sacraments
- ādi
- and the rest
- kriyāḥ
- (kriyāḥ) rites
- tēṣāṁ
- their
- saṁkṣēpēṇa
- in brief
- api
- even
- vacmi
- I tell
- tē
- to you
Meaning
Śiva promises a shortened form of the rites. The Vedic sacraments are long and demanding; for people whose minds are not able for prolonged exertion (prayāsa), the essentials are kept and the rest let go. What follows is a complete but compact manual.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 10.