Shloka 47

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच ब्राह्मणान्‌ वेदविदुष: सिद्धान्‌ धर्मविदस्तथा । परिपृच्छन्त्यहरह: कुशला: कुशलं तथा

Transliteration

śrīmaheśvara uvāca brāhmaṇān vedaviduṣaḥ siddhān dharmavidās tathā | paripṛcchanty aharahaḥ kuśalāḥ kuśalaṃ tathā ||

Translation

Śrī Maheśvara dit : Jour après jour, les sages s’enquièrent du bien-être des brāhmaṇa accomplis—ceux qui connaissent les Veda et comprennent le dharma. En honorant de tels savants par des questions respectueuses, et en renonçant aux actes néfastes pour pratiquer une conduite propice, ils obtiennent le ciel dans l’au-delà et une félicité stable en ce monde.

Word by Word

• श्रीमहेश्वरः: the revered Maheshvara (Shiva)
• श्रीमहेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वेदविदुषः: knowers of the Veda
• वेदविदुषः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदविद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सिद्धान्: accomplished ones (siddhas)
• सिद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• धर्मविदः: knowers of dharma
• धर्मविदः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and also / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• परिपृच्छन्ति: they inquire (after)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• अहरहः: day by day / every day
• अहरहः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहरहः

• कुशलाः: the virtuous/competent (people)
• कुशलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुशलम्: welfare / well-being
• कुशलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Veda
• Siddhas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate dharmic life by honoring and consulting Veda- and dharma-knowing brāhmaṇas, maintaining daily respectful engagement, and choosing auspicious actions over harmful ones; this yields well-being here and heavenly merit hereafter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara is instructing Devī, describing the conduct of wise people: they regularly approach accomplished, learned brāhmaṇas to ask after their welfare and align their own behavior with auspicious, dharmic practice, leading to happiness and heavenly reward.