कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-10, verse-110
नीचोऽपि वा सकृद्भक्त्या कारयेद् यः कुलार्चनम् ।
स सद्गतिमवाप्नोति किमुतान्ये द्विजातयः ॥११०॥
स सद्गतिमवाप्नोति किमुतान्ये द्विजातयः ॥११०॥
110. nīco'pi vā sakṛdbhaktyā kārayed yaḥ kulārcanam ,
sa sadgatimavāpnoti kimutānye dvijātayaḥ.
sa sadgatimavāpnoti kimutānye dvijātayaḥ.
110.
nīcaḥ api vā sakṛt bhaktyā kārayed yaḥ kulārcanam
saḥ sadgatim avāpnoti kim uta anye dvijātayaḥ
saḥ sadgatim avāpnoti kim uta anye dvijātayaḥ
110.
yaḥ nīcaḥ api vā sakṛt bhaktyā kulārcanam kārayet saḥ sadgatim avāpnoti,
kim uta anye dvijātayaḥ
kim uta anye dvijātayaḥ
110. Even a low-born person, if he performs the worship of the kula even once with devotion, attains the supreme destination. What more can be said of other twice-born ones?
Words meanings summery:
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- नीचः (nīcaḥ) - a person of low social standing or birth (low, low-born, base, mean)
- अपि (api) - even, also, too
- वा (vā) - even (used for emphasis with api) (or, either, truly, even)
- सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, one time
- भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion, with loyalty, with faith
- कारयेत् (kārayet) - performs (should cause to be done, should perform, should have performed)
- यः (yaḥ) - who, which
- कुलार्चनम् (kulārcanam) - worship of the kula
- सः (saḥ) - he, that
- सद्गतिम् (sadgatim) - good state, supreme destination, liberation, heaven
- अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, obtains, achieves
- किम् (kim) - how much more? (what?, why?, whether)
- उत (uta) - used with kim in the sense of how much more (and, also, or, even, how much more)
- अन्ये (anye) - others, other
- द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - brahmins or initiated twice-born individuals (twice-born ones, brahmins, twice-born)
Words meanings and morphology
नीचः (nīcaḥ) - a person of low social standing or birth (low, low-born, base, mean)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nīca
nīca - low, low-born, base, inferior
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
वा (vā) - even (used for emphasis with api) (or, either, truly, even)
(indeclinable)
सकृत् (sakṛt) - once, one time
(adverb)
भक्त्या (bhaktyā) - with devotion, with loyalty, with faith
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of bhakti
bhakti - devotion, attachment, loyalty, faith
कारयेत् (kārayet) - performs (should cause to be done, should perform, should have performed)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of kṛ
causative
causative stem of kṛ (to do), used in precative or potential sense
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: causative form used in the sense of simple action
यः (yaḥ) - who, which
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which
कुलार्चनम् (kulārcanam) - worship of the kula
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kulārcana
kulārcana - worship of the kula
Compound type : tatpurusha (kula+arcana)
- kula – family, lineage, group, kula
noun (neuter) - arcana – worship, honoring, adoration
noun (neuter)
Root: arc (class 1)
सः (saḥ) - he, that
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - he, she, it, that
सद्गतिम् (sadgatim) - good state, supreme destination, liberation, heaven
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sadgati
sadgati - good course, righteous path, liberation, supreme state
Compound type : karmadharaya (sat+gati)
- sat – true, good, existing
adjective (neuter)
Root: as (class 2) - gati – course, motion, path, state
noun (feminine)
Root: gam (class 1)
अवाप्नोति (avāpnoti) - attains, obtains, achieves
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of avāp
Prefixes: ava+ā
Root: āp (class 5)
किम् (kim) - how much more? (what?, why?, whether)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - what, which, why
उत (uta) - used with kim in the sense of how much more (and, also, or, even, how much more)
(indeclinable)
अन्ये (anye) - others, other
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of anya
anya - other, another, different
द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - brahmins or initiated twice-born individuals (twice-born ones, brahmins, twice-born)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of dvijāti
dvijāti - twice-born, brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya
Compound type : bahuvrihi (dvi+jāti)
- dvi – two, twice
adjective (masculine) - jāti – birth, caste, class
noun (feminine)
Root: jan (class 4)