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Bhagavai 3:1:34
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4. Ibid., 3.33-jñātayah-sajātīyāḥ nijaka-gotrajāḥ sambandhino-mātṛpakṣiyāḥ śvasura-kulīnā vā parijano disidih.
5. Ibid., 3.33 sūpaśākādivarjitam kūram.
6. Ibid., 3.33-jimiya'tti prathamaikavacanalopat jemitaḥ-bhuktvän 'bhuttottara'tti bhuktottarambhojanottarakalam 'gae'tti agataḥ upavefanasthäne bhuktottaragatah
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3.34 se keṇattheṇam bhamte! evam vuccai-pāṇāmā pavvajjā?
goyama! pāṇāmãe nam pavvajãe pavvaie samäne jam jattha päsai-imdam vä khamdam va ruddam va sivam va vesamaņam va ajjam vā koṭṭakiriyam vārāyam va isaram va talavaram vā mādambiyam va kodumbiyam va ibbham va setthhim vā seṇāvaim vā satthaväham vā kākam vā sāṇam vā pāṇam vä-uccam pāsai uccam paṇāmam karei, niyam päsai niyam panāmam karei, jam jahā pāsai tassa tahā paṇāmam karei.
se tenatthenam goyama! evam vuccai-pānāmā pavvajjā.
What' is the meaning, O Lord, of the phrase 'pränämä pravrajyä"? Gautama, the person initiated in the 'pränämä pravrajya' offers obeisance to whomever and wherever he happens to meet-Indra or Skanda or Rudra or Śiva or Vaisramaņa or Arya or Kauftakriyä (goddess Candikä) or a king or a prince or a vassal or a lieutenant or a servant or a rich head of guild or a general or a trade leader or a crow or a dog or a candala; when he meets a high class person, he offers obeisance with extra-ordinary humbleness; when he meets a low class person, he offers obeisance with commonplace humbleness. He offers obeisance according to the status of the person. Gautama, on this account it is called 'prāṇāmā pravrajya' (initiation that prescribes obeisance).
Bhasya
1. Sutra 34
This Sutra defines the nature of praṇāmā pravrajyä. The Vṛtti has given the etymological meaning of the phrase as the discipline that prescribes obeisance is called prānāmā.
Semantics
Indra-chief of gods.
Skanda-Kärtikeya, the son of Mahadeva.
Rudra Mahadeva.
Siva-this is synonymous with Mahadeva. The Vṛtti identifies him with a forest god. Alternately, a god in a cruel posture can be called Rudra and a god in a tranquil posture can be called Siva.2
Vaisravana -the custodian of the northern cardinal point.
Arya-Candika in her tranquil posture.
Kottakriya-Candika killing the Mahisäsura."
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