Shloka 20

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

गुरु चाभिगतं प्रेम्णा गुरुवन्न बुभूषते । अभिमानप्रवृत्तेन लोभेन समवस्थिता:

Transliteration

guruṁ cābhigataṁ premṇā guruvan na bubhūṣate | abhimāna-pravṛttena lobhena samavasthitāḥ |

Translation

Quand le maître se présente, ils ne l’honorent pas avec une affection respectueuse : ils refusent de le vénérer comme un guru. Assujettis à l’avidité née de l’orgueil, ils manquent de respect à ceux qui sont dignes de révérence et méprisent les anciens. Ô Devi, tous ceux qui agissent ainsi sont voués à l’enfer.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'guru', 'definition': 'teacher

• one worthy of reverence'}, {'term': 'abhigata', 'definition': 'approached

• met (having come into the presence of)'}, {'term': 'premṇā', 'definition': 'with love

• out of affectionate regard'}, {'term': 'guruvat', 'definition': 'as (one would) a guru

• with the respect due to a teacher'}, {'term': 'bubhūṣate (√bhūṣ)', 'definition': 'honors

• treats with respect'}, {'term': 'abhimāna', 'definition': 'pride

• arrogance'}, {'term': 'pravṛtta', 'definition': 'arisen from

• set in motion by'}, {'term': 'lobha', 'definition': 'greed

• covetousness'}, {'term': 'samavasthitāḥ', 'definition': 'standing firm in

• settled in (a condition)'}, {'term': 'devī', 'definition': 'O Goddess (vocative address)'}, {'term': 'naraka-gāmī', 'definition': 'hell-bound

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī-Maheśvara
• Devī
• guru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One must honor the guru and other venerable elders with genuine regard; pride-driven greed leads to disrespect, which is presented as a grave adharma bringing severe karmic downfall (naraka).

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara addresses Devī, describing a moral failing: people approach a teacher yet refuse to treat him with due reverence, and, under pride and greed, insult respectable persons and elders; he declares such conduct leads to hell.