Shloka 32

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

यस्तु रौद्रसमाचार: सर्वसत्त्वभयंकर: । हस्ताभ्यां यदि वा पदभ्यां रज्ज्वा दण्डेन वा पुन:

Transliteration

yastu raudrasamācāraḥ sarvasattvabhayaṅkaraḥ | hastābhyāṃ yadi vā padabhyāṃ rajjvā daṇḍena vā punaḥ ||

Translation

Mahādeva dit : «Mais celui dont la conduite est farouche et cruelle, terrifiante pour tous les êtres vivants—qu’il frappe de ses mains ou de ses pieds, ou qu’il use encore d’une corde ou d’un bâton—(c’est bien d’une telle violence qu’il est question).»

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रौद्र-समाचारः: one whose conduct is cruel/fierce
• रौद्र-समाचारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-सत्त्व-भयंकरः: terrifying to all beings
• सर्व-सत्त्व-भयंकरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हस्ताभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• हस्ताभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पदभ्याम्: with (his) two feet
• पदभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Dual

• रज्ज्वा: with a rope
• रज्ज्वा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रज्जु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दण्डेन: with a staff/rod
• दण्डेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पुनः: again/further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• hands
• feet
• rope (rajjū)
• staff/rod (daṇḍa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral gravity of cruel, fear-inducing conduct: harming beings—by direct blows or by instruments—marks a person as violent in disposition, setting up an ethical warning against such behavior.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīmaheśvara is describing a type of person characterized by raudra (fierce) behavior, listing concrete modes of harming—hands, feet, rope, staff—as part of a broader instruction on right conduct and the condemnation of cruelty.