शैवविवाहे हेतुःWhy there is a Śaiva marriage
Verse 283
नृणां स्वभावजं देवि प्रियं भोजनमैथुनम् । सङ्क्षेपाय हितार्थाय शैवधर्मे निरूपितम् ॥ २८३ ॥
nṛṇāṁ svabhāvajaṁ dēvi priyaṁ bhōjanamaithunam | saṅkṣēpāya hitārthāya śaivadharmē nirūpitam || 283 ||
Translation
Food and union are dear to men, born of their very nature, O Devī; for brevity and for their good, these are set out in the Śaiva dharma.
Word by word
- nṛṇāṁ
- of men
- svabhāva
- from nature
- jaṁ
- born
- dēvi
- O Devī
- priyaṁ
- dear
- bhōjana
- food
- maithunam
- (maithunam) and union
- saṅkṣēpāya
- for brevity
- hita
- good
- arthāya
- for
- śaiva
- Śaiva
- dharmē
- in the dharma
- nirūpitam
- set out
Meaning
The reason for the Śaiva marriage and the rites of the circle. Hunger and desire are natural to human beings; the Tantra does not deny them but gives them a place within dharma, briefly and for people's good, so that what is natural becomes worship.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 281.