Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एष वाणीकृतो देवि धर्म: सेव्य: सदा नरै: । शुभ: सत्यगुणो नित्यं वर्जनीयो मृषा बुचै:,देवि! यह वाणीजनित धर्म बताया गया है। मनुष्योंको सदा इसका सेवन करना चाहिये। विद्वानोंको उचित है कि वे सदा शुभ और सत्य वचन बोलें तथा मिथ्याका परित्याग करें"

Transliteration

eṣa vāṇīkṛto devi dharmaḥ sevyaḥ sadā naraiḥ | śubhaḥ satyaguṇo nityaṃ varjanīyo mṛṣā budhaiḥ ||

Translation

Maheśvara sprach: „O Göttin, dies ist der durch die Rede gestaltete Dharma. Die Menschen sollen ihn zu allen Zeiten üben. Die Weisen sollen beständig Gutes und Wahres sprechen und die Unwahrheit meiden.“

Word by Word

एषःthis

वाणी-कृतःmade/formed by speech

देविO goddess

धर्मःdharma; righteous conduct

सेव्यःto be practiced/served

सदाalways

नरैःby men; by people

शुभःauspicious; good

सत्य-गुणःhaving the quality of truth; truthful

नित्यम्always; constantly

वर्जनीयःto be avoided

मृषाfalsely; untruth

बुधैःby the wise; by learned people

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Maheśvara

Devī

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech itself is a field of dharma: one should consistently cultivate auspicious and truthful words, and the wise must renounce falsehood.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara addresses Devī and summarizes a rule of right conduct centered on speech—urging continual practice of truthful, beneficial utterance and rejection of lying.