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Verse 8
संस्कारेषु च सर्वेषु तथैवान्येषु कर्मसु । विप्रादिवर्णभेदेन क्रमान्मन्त्राश्च दर्शिताः ॥ ८ ॥
saṁskārēṣu ca sarvēṣu tathaivānyēṣu karmasu | viprādivarṇabhēdēna kramānmantrāśca darśitāḥ || 8 ||
Translation
And in all the sacraments, and in the other rites too, I have shown the mantras in order, according to the distinctions of class, beginning with the vipra.
Word by word
- saṁskārēṣu
- in the sacraments
- ca
- and
- sarvēṣu
- in all
- tathā
- likewise
- ēva
- indeed
- anyēṣu
- (anyeṣu) in other
- karmasu
- rites
- vipra
- the vipra
- ādi
- beginning with
- varṇa
- of class
- bhēdēna
- by the distinction
- kramāt
- (kramāt) in order
- mantrāḥ
- (mantrāḥ) the mantras
- darśitāḥ
- have been shown
Meaning
Not only the procedures but the mantras of each rite were given, and given differently for each class. The Vedic sacraments use different mantras, metres and times for brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya and vaiśya; this verse acknowledges that whole body of teaching before the next verses say how it is used in the Kali age.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 7.