Shloka 27

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

एष वाणीकृतो देवि धर्म: सेव्य: सदा नरै: । शुभ: सत्यगुणो नित्यं वर्जनीयो मृषा बुचै:

Transliteration

eṣa vāṇīkṛto devi dharmaḥ sevyaḥ sadā naraiḥ | śubhaḥ satyaguṇo nityaṃ varjanīyo mṛṣā budhaiḥ ||

Translation

દેવી! આ વાણીજનિત ધર્મ છે; મનુષ્યોએ સદા તેનું સેવન કરવું જોઈએ. વિદ્વાનોને યોગ્ય છે કે તેઓ નિત્ય શુભ અને સત્ય વચન બોલે અને અસત્યનો ત્યાગ કરે।

Word by Word

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

• वाणी-कृतः: made/formed by speech
• वाणी-कृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाणी-कृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• धर्मः: dharma; righteous conduct
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सेव्यः: to be practiced/served
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नरैः: by men; by people
• नरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शुभः: auspicious; good
• शुभः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्य-गुणः: having the quality of truth; truthful
• सत्य-गुणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वर्जनीयः: to be avoided
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्जनीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृषा: falsely; untruth
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मृषा

• बुधैः: by the wise; by learned people
• बुधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara
• Devī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech itself is a field of dharma: one should consistently cultivate auspicious and truthful words, and the wise must renounce falsehood.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara addresses Devī and summarizes a rule of right conduct centered on speech—urging continual practice of truthful, beneficial utterance and rejection of lying.