Shloka 37

The Glory of Plastering/Smearing (and Maintaining) Hari’s Temple

Devanagari script

कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं नश्यत्येव न संशयः

Transliteration

koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

કરોડો જન્મોમાં સંચિત પાપ નિશ્ચયે નાશ પામે છે—એમાં સંશય નથી.

Word by Word

• कोटि-जन्म-आर्जितम्: accumulated over crores of births
• कोटि-जन्म-आर्जितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्जित (कृदन्त; आ-ऋज्/अर्ज् धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समासः (कोटिजन्मभिः आर्जितम् = acquired over crores of births)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नश्यति: perishes, is destroyed
• नश्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• न: no, not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Brahma-khaṇḍa context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: कोटिजन्मार्जितम् → कोटि-जन्म-आर्जितम् (समास/सन्धि-विग्रह); नश्यत्येव → नश्यति एव (इ + ए → ये).

FAQs

What is the main teaching of this verse?

It asserts the certainty of pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin), even when sin has accumulated across countless lifetimes.

Does the verse specify how such sin is destroyed?

No. This line is a general assurance; the specific means (such as tīrtha, japa, dāna, vrata, or bhakti) would be supplied by the surrounding context of the chapter.

What ethical lesson does this verse imply?

It encourages moral and spiritual effort by emphasizing that transformation is possible and that even long-standing karmic burdens are not permanent.