Shloka 44

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

दुष्प्रज्ञाश्नापरे देव ज्ञानविज्ञानवर्जिता: । केन कर्मविशेषेण प्रज्ञावान्‌ पुरुषो भवेत्‌

Transliteration

duṣprajñāś cāpare deva jñāna-vijñāna-varjitāḥ | kena karma-viśeṣeṇa prajñāvān puruṣo bhavet, deva ||

Translation

Maheshvara bersabda: “Wahai Tuhan, ada pula manusia yang kelihatan tumpul, tidak memiliki ilmu yang benar mahupun kebijaksanaan yang terserlah. Dalam keadaan demikian, dengan perbuatan khusus apakah seseorang dapat menjadi bijaksana, wahai Tuhan?”

Word by Word

• दुष्प्रज्ञाः: of poor intellect
• दुष्प्रज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्प्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• देव: O god / O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ज्ञानविज्ञानवर्जिताः: devoid of knowledge and discernment
• ज्ञानविज्ञानवर्जिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानविज्ञानवर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• कर्मविशेषेण: by a particular act/deed
• कर्मविशेषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मविशेष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रज्ञावान्: wise, intelligent
• प्रज्ञावान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञावत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: might become / could be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Deva (addressed Lord)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical-spiritual problem: many lack both theoretical knowledge (jñāna) and lived discernment (vijñāna). It asks what specific disciplined action (karma-viśeṣa) can transform such a person into one endowed with wisdom (prajñā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīmaheśvara addresses a divine interlocutor, observing that some humans are ignorant and confused, and he inquires about the concrete practice or type of action by which they can attain wisdom.