अस्यावश्यकत्वे हेतुःWhy they are needed
Verse 3
अतो विप्रादिभिर्वर्णैः स्वस्ववर्णोक्तसंस्क्रिया । कर्त्तव्या सर्वथा यत्नैरिहामुत्र हितेप्सुभिः ॥ ३ ॥
atō viprādibhirvarṇaiḥ svasvavarṇōktasaṁskriyā | karttavyā sarvathā yatnairihāmutra hitēpsubhiḥ || 3 ||
Translation
Therefore those of every class, beginning with the vipras, who seek their good in this world and the next, should take every care to perform the sacraments laid down for their own class.
Word by word
- ataḥ
- therefore
- vipra
- the vipras
- ādibhiḥ
- (ādibhiḥ) by those beginning with
- varṇaiḥ
- by the classes
- sva
- own
- svavarṇa
- (sva-varṇa) for each one's own class
- ukta
- laid down
- saṁskriyā
- the sacrament
- karttavyā
- is to be performed
- sarvathā
- in every way
- yatnaiḥ
- (yatnaiḥ) with effort
- iha
- here
- amutra
- and hereafter
- hita
- good
- īpsubhiḥ
- (īpsubhiḥ) by those who desire
Meaning
The conclusion: everyone, of whatever class, who wants well-being "here and hereafter" should perform the sacraments prescribed for their own class with every effort (yatnaiḥ). Vipra is the learned brāhmaṇa; the commentary takes "beginning with the vipras" to cover all five classes the Tantra recognises in the Kali age. The rites differ by class, as the next verses show, but every class has its sacraments.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 1.