अस्यावश्यकत्वे हेतुःWhy they are needed
Verse 7
यानि यानि विधानानि येषु येषु च कर्मसु । पुरैव ब्रह्मरूपेण तान्युक्तानि मया प्रिये ॥ ७ ॥
yāni yāni vidhānāni yēṣu yēṣu ca karmasu | puraiva brahmarūpēṇa tānyuktāni mayā priyē || 7 ||
Translation
Whatever procedures belong to whatever rites, beloved, I set out long ago in my form as Brahmā.
Word by word
- yāni
- which
- vidhānāni
- procedures
- yēṣu
- in which
- ca
- and
- karmasu
- rites
- purā
- long ago
- ēva
- indeed
- brahma
- of Brahmā
- rūpēṇa
- in the form
- tāni
- (tāni) those
- uktāni
- were told
- mayā
- by me
- priyē
- O beloved
Meaning
Śiva says that the detailed procedures (vidhāna) of all these rites were taught before, by himself in the form of Brahmā: the Vedic and smṛti literature on the sacraments is ultimately his own teaching. The commentary supplies "the procedures that are required". What follows in this chapter is therefore not a new invention but the same rites, shortened and adapted for the Kali age.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
"Vidhānāni": supply "the procedures that are required".