Shloka 64

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

एष देवि मया सर्व: संशयच्छेदनाय ते । कुशलाकुशलो नृणां व्याख्यातो धर्मसागर:

Transliteration

eṣā devi mayā sarvaḥ saṁśayacchedanāya te | kuśalākuśalo nṛṇāṁ vyākhyāto dharmasāgaraḥ ||

Translation

Ô Déesse, afin de trancher tes doutes, je t’ai exposé pleinement l’océan du dharma—comment la conduite des hommes devient salutaire ou funeste, et ce qui mène au juste ou à l’injuste.

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वः: entire, complete
• सर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संशयच्छेदनाय: for the cutting/removal of doubt
• संशयच्छेदनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय-च्छेदन
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• कुशलाकुशलः: good and bad (auspicious and inauspicious)
• कुशलाकुशलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल-अकुशल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृणाम्: of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• व्याख्यातः: explained, expounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-ख्या (धातु: ख्या)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• धर्मसागरः: ocean of dharma (a vast compendium of dharma)
• धर्मसागरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-सागर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (the Goddess)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Śiva concludes that he has fully expounded the vast ‘ocean of dharma’ by distinguishing wholesome (kuśala) and unwholesome (akuśala) human conduct, with the explicit aim of removing Devī’s doubts.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara addresses Devī at the close of an instruction, summarizing that his discourse has clarified ethical discernment and resolved the questions she raised.