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Verse 6
नित्यानि सर्वकर्माणि तथा नैमित्तिकानि च । काम्यान्यपि वरारोहे कुर्याच्छाम्भववर्त्मना ॥ ६ ॥
nityāni sarvakarmāṇi tathā naimittikāni ca | kāmyānyapi varārōhē kuryācchāmbhavavartmanā || 6 ||
Translation
O lovely one, every rite, whether daily, occasional or done for a wish, should be performed by the way of Śambhu.
Word by word
- nityāni
- daily, obligatory
- sarva
- all
- karmāṇi
- rites
- tathā
- and
- naimittikāni
- occasional
- ca
- and
- kāmyāni
- (kāmyāni) done for a wish
- api
- also
- varārōhē
- O lovely one
- kuryāt
- (kuryāt) one should perform
- śāmbhava
- of Śambhu
- vartmanā
- by the path
Meaning
Rites are of three kinds. Nitya rites are obligatory and daily, like the sandhyā. Naimittika rites are occasional, done when an occasion (nimitta) arises, such as a birth or a death. Kāmya rites are optional, done for a particular wish (kāma). All three are to be done by the "path of Śambhu" (śāmbhava-vartman), the way taught by Śiva in the Tantras, rather than by the Vedic procedures of earlier ages. Varārohā, "lovely one", is a name of praise for the Goddess.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 5.