शैवापत्यजातिनिर्णयःThe class of the children of a Śaiva marriage
Verse 282
एषां सङ्करजातीनां सर्वत्र पितृकर्मसु । भोज्यप्रदानं कौलानां भोजनं विहितं भवेत् ॥ २८२ ॥
ēṣāṁ saṅkarajātīnāṁ sarvatra pitṛkarmasu | bhōjyapradānaṁ kaulānāṁ bhōjanaṁ vihitaṁ bhavēt || 282 ||
Translation
For these mixed classes, in every rite for the ancestors, giving food to Kaulas and feeding them is laid down.
Word by word
- ēṣāṁ
- for these
- saṅkara
- mixed
- jātīnāṁ
- classes
- sarvatra
- in every
- pitṛ
- for the ancestors
- karmasu
- rite
- bhōjya
- of food
- pradānaṁ
- giving
- kaulānāṁ
- to Kaulas
- bhōjanaṁ
- feeding
- vihitaṁ
- laid down
- bhavēt
- is
Meaning
In śrāddha the usual practice is to feed brāhmaṇas; for those of the mixed classes born of Śaiva marriages, the guests to be fed are Kaulas, initiates of the kula way.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 281.