Shloka 59

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

व्रतवन्तो नरा: केचिच्छुद्धा धर्मपरायणा: । अव्रता भ्रष्टनियमास्तथान्ये राक्षसोपमा:,कुछ मनुष्य व्रतधारी, श्रद्धालु और धर्मपरायण होते हैं तथा दूसरे व्रतहीन, नियमश्रष्ट तथा राक्षसोंके समान होते हैं

Transliteration

vratavanto narāḥ kecic chuddhā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ | avratā bhraṣṭaniyamās tathānye rākṣasopamāḥ ||

Translation

Maheshvara said: “Among men, some are observant of vows—pure in conduct and devoted to dharma. Others, however, are without vows, fallen from discipline, and resemble rākṣasas in their behavior.”

Word by Word

• व्रतवन्तः: vow-observing
• व्रतवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रतवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराः: men, humans
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some (among them)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क + चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शुद्धाः: pure
• शुद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धर्मपरायणाः: devoted to dharma
• धर्मपरायणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मपरायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अव्रताः: without vows
• अव्रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भ्रष्टनियमाः: whose observances are broken
• भ्रष्टनियमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रष्टनियम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राक्षसोपमाः: like demons (rakshasas)
• राक्षसोपमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राक्षसोपम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī-Maheśvara (Śiva)
• narāḥ (human beings)
• rākṣasāḥ (rākṣasas, demonic beings)