Shloka 60

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

यज्वानश्न तथैवान्ये निहॉमाश्ष तथापरे । केन कर्मविपाकेन भवन्तीह वदस्व मे

Transliteration

yajvānaś ca tathaivānye nihomāś ca tathāpare | kena karmavipākena bhavantīha vadasva me ||

Translation

Umā (Pārvatī) demanda : «Certains sont zélés dans le sacrifice, tandis que d’autres se tiennent loin du homa et des rites du feu. Par la maturation de quel karma les hommes en ce monde en viennent-ils à porter des dispositions si opposées ? Dis-le-moi.»

Word by Word

• यज्वानः: sacrificers (those who perform yajña)
• यज्वानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निः: without/devoid of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निः

• होमाः: homa-performers / (those connected with) oblations
• होमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• अपरे: others (again)
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केन: by what?
• केन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्मविपाकेन: by the ripening/result of (past) actions
• कर्मविपाकेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मविपाक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भवन्ति: they become/are
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• वद: tell/say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्व: to me (lit. me)
• स्व: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a dharmic inquiry: differences in religious and ethical inclination—such as devotion to yajña and homa versus aversion to them—are to be understood through karma-vipāka, the maturation of past actions shaping present tendencies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīmaheśvara poses a question about human diversity in ritual disposition: why some are naturally inclined toward sacrificial duties while others neglect or oppose them, and he asks for an explanation in terms of the results of karma.