कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-2, verse-7
सर्वेभ्यश्चोत्तमा वेदा वेदेभ्यो वैष्णवं परम् ।
वैष्णवादुत्तमं शैवं शैवाद्दक्षिणमुत्तमम् ॥७॥
वैष्णवादुत्तमं शैवं शैवाद्दक्षिणमुत्तमम् ॥७॥
7. sarvebhyaścottamā vedā vedebhyo vaiṣṇavaṁ param ,
vaiṣṇavāduttamaṁ śaivaṁ śaivāddakṣiṇamuttamam.
vaiṣṇavāduttamaṁ śaivaṁ śaivāddakṣiṇamuttamam.
7.
sarvebhyaḥ ca uttamāḥ vedāḥ vedebhyaḥ vaiṣṇavam param
vaiṣṇavāt uttamam śaivam śaivāt dakṣiṇam uttamam
vaiṣṇavāt uttamam śaivam śaivāt dakṣiṇam uttamam
7.
sarvebhyaḥ vedāḥ uttamāḥ vedebhyaḥ vaiṣṇavam param
vaiṣṇavāt śaivam uttamam śaivāt dakṣiṇam uttamam
vaiṣṇavāt śaivam uttamam śaivāt dakṣiṇam uttamam
7. The Vedas are superior to all scriptures, the Vaiṣṇava tradition is higher than the Vedas, the Śaiva tradition is superior to the Vaiṣṇava, and the Dakṣiṇa path is superior to the Śaiva.
Words meanings summery:
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- सर्वेभ्यः (sarvebhyaḥ) - than all (scriptures)
- च (ca) - and
- उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - superior, higher
- वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas
- वेदेभ्यः (vedebhyaḥ) - than the Vedas
- वैष्णवम् (vaiṣṇavam) - the Vaiṣṇava path
- परम् (param) - higher, superior
- वैष्णवात् (vaiṣṇavāt) - than the Vaiṣṇava path
- उत्तमम् (uttamam) - superior
- शैवम् (śaivam) - the Śaiva path
- शैवात् (śaivāt) - than the Śaiva path
- दक्षिणम् (dakṣiṇam) - the Dakṣiṇa path
- उत्तमम् (uttamam) - superior
Words meanings and morphology
सर्वेभ्यः (sarvebhyaḥ) - than all (scriptures)
(pronoun)
Ablative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
उत्तमाः (uttamāḥ) - superior, higher
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of uttama
uttama - supreme, superior
वेदाः (vedāḥ) - the Vedas
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of veda
veda - Veda, sacred scripture
वेदेभ्यः (vedebhyaḥ) - than the Vedas
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, plural of veda
veda - Veda
वैष्णवम् (vaiṣṇavam) - the Vaiṣṇava path
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vaiṣṇava
vaiṣṇava - Vaiṣṇava system/tradition
परम् (param) - higher, superior
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of para
para - higher, beyond
वैष्णवात् (vaiṣṇavāt) - than the Vaiṣṇava path
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of vaiṣṇava
vaiṣṇava - Vaiṣṇava tradition
उत्तमम् (uttamam) - superior
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama
uttama - superior, best
शैवम् (śaivam) - the Śaiva path
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śaiva
śaiva - Śaiva tradition
शैवात् (śaivāt) - than the Śaiva path
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of śaiva
śaiva - Śaiva tradition
दक्षिणम् (dakṣiṇam) - the Dakṣiṇa path
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dakṣiṇa
dakṣiṇa - Dakṣiṇācāra / right-hand path
उत्तमम् (uttamam) - superior
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of uttama
uttama - superior