Shloka 5

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

सुप्रतीतमना नित्यं यः प्रयच्छति मानव: । एवंभूतो नरो देवि देवलोकेडभिजायते

Transliteration

supratītamanā nityaṁ yaḥ prayacchati mānavaḥ | evaṁbhūto naro devi devaloke 'bhijāyate ||

Translation

Maheśvara dit : «Ô Déesse, l’homme qui, l’esprit toujours serein et bienveillant, donne sans cesse en charité—un tel homme, ô Devī, renaît dans le monde des dieux.»

Word by Word

• सुप्रतीतमना: having a very pleased mind
• सुप्रतीतमना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्रतीतमन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयच्छति: gives, bestows
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवंभूतः: such (of this kind)
• एवंभूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवि: O goddess
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• देवलोके: in the world of the gods
• देवलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अभिजायते: is born, comes to be born
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + जन्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahēśvara (Maheshvara)
• Devī
• devaloka (realm of the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Regular, willing giving performed with a pleased and peaceful mind is praised as dharmic conduct and is said to yield a higher rebirth—specifically, birth in devaloka.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheshvara addresses Devi and states a general moral principle: a human who consistently gives (as an ethical practice) becomes fit for rebirth in the divine realm.