Shloka 27

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

मार्गार्हाय ददन्मार्ग गुरुं गुरुवदर्चयन्‌ । अतिथियद्रग्रहरतस्तथाभ्यागतपूजक:

Transliteration

mārgārhāya dadan mārgaṁ guruṁ guruvad arcayan | atithiyadragraharatas tathābhyāgatapūjakaḥ ||

Translation

Maheshvara dit : Celui qui cède le passage à ceux qui le méritent, honore le maître comme on honore un guru, demeure voué à accueillir et servir les hôtes, et rend aussi un hommage dévot aux visiteurs venus d’eux-mêmes—un tel homme, établi dans la courtoisie et la révérence, atteint le ciel ; puis, revenant à la naissance humaine, il naît dans une famille illustre.

Word by Word

• मार्गार्हाय: to one worthy of (being given) the way/right of way
• मार्गार्हाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मार्गार्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ददन्: giving
• ददन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मार्गम्: the way/path (right of way)
• मार्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गुरुम्: the teacher/elder
• गुरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गुरु-वत्: like a guru; as (one would) a guru
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गुरु + वत् (प्रातिपदिक/तद्धित)
• Form: true

• अर्चयन्: honouring/worshipping
• अर्चयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतिथि-यद्र-ग्रह-रतः: devoted to receiving/entertaining invited guests
• अतिथि-यद्र-ग्रह-रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिथि + यद्र + ग्रह + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: true

• अभ्यागत-पूजकः: one who honours those who have come (uninvited/arrived)
• अभ्यागत-पूजकः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अभ्यागत + पूजक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī-Maheśvara (Śiva)
• guru (teacher)
• atithi (guest)
• abhyāgata (arriving visitor)
• svarga-loka (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is expressed through everyday reverence and courtesy: give precedence to the deserving, honor the guru properly, and practice hospitality—both by inviting guests and by respectfully receiving those who arrive unannounced. Such conduct yields spiritual merit leading to heaven and favorable rebirth.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct, Śrī Maheśvara enumerates specific virtues of a well-behaved person. This verse highlights social dharma—deference on the road, honoring teachers, and attentive reception of guests—and states the karmic फल (result): heaven and later birth in a noble family.