Shloka 36

Devanagari script

लोकद्देष्यो5धम: पुंसां स्वयं कर्मफलै: कृत्तै: एष देवि मनुष्येषु बोद्धव्यो ज्ञातिबन्धुषु

Transliteration

lokad dveṣyo 'dhamaḥ puṁsāṁ svayaṁ karmaphalaiḥ kṛttaiḥ | eṣa devi manuṣyeṣu boddhavyo jñātibandhuṣu ||

Translation

シュリー・マヘーシュヴァラは言った。「人のうちで最も卑しいのは、自らの業の果報によって世に憎まれる者である。デーヴィよ、人の世ではとりわけ親族や近しい友との関わりにおいてこれを見極めよ。人が自ら作り出した行いは、本来その身を守り支えるはずの絆さえ断ち切ってしまうのだ。」

Word by Word

लोकात्from the world (i.e., by people)

द्वेष्यःhated, detestable

अधमःlowest, vile

पुंसाम्of men

स्वयम्by oneself

कर्मफलैःby the fruits of (one's) actions

कृतैःdone, performed

एषःthis (person)

देविO goddess

मनुष्येषुamong humans

बोद्धव्यःto be known/understood

ज्ञातिबन्धुषुamong kinsmen and friends

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)

Devī (the Goddess, Umā/Pārvatī implied)

loka (society/people)

jñāti-bandhu (kinsmen and friends)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person becomes socially despised not by fate alone but by the self-created consequences of his own actions; this is most clearly seen when one’s conduct damages relationships with relatives and close friends.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara addresses Devī, offering a moral observation about human society: unethical actions generate results that ‘cut off’ one’s standing and bonds, making one an object of hatred even among one’s own kin.