Shloka 48

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

वर्जयन्तो5शुभं कर्म सेवमाना: शुभं तथा । लभन्ते स्वर्गतिं नित्यमिहलोके तथा सुखम्‌

Transliteration

varjayanto 'śubhaṃ karma sevamānāḥ śubhaṃ tathā | labhante svargatiṃ nityam ihaloke tathā sukham ||

Translation

Mahādeva dit : «Ceux qui s’abstiennent des actes néfastes et pratiquent constamment une conduite propice atteignent l’état céleste dans l’au-delà, et en ce monde même obtiennent une joie durable.»

Word by Word

• वर्जयन्तः: avoiding, shunning
• वर्जयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्जयत् (वर्ज्/वृज् caus.)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अशुभम्: inauspicious, evil
• अशुभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्म: deed, action
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सेवमानाः: practising, engaging in
• सेवमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेवमान (सेव्)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शानच्) आत्मनेपदी, पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious, good
• शुभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• लभन्ते: they obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• स्वर्गतिम्: the path/state of heaven
• स्वर्गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गतिः
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahādeva (Maheśvara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical discipline has a twofold fruit: by abandoning harmful actions and cultivating virtuous ones, a person gains well-being here (ihaloka) and a favorable destiny hereafter (svargati).

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara (Śiva/Mahādeva) is instructing (addressing Devī in the surrounding context) by stating the results of moral restraint and virtuous practice: worldly happiness and heavenly attainment.