Shloka 33

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

लोष्टै: स्तम्भैरायुधैर्वा जन्तून्‌ बाधति शोभने । हिंसार्थ निकृतिप्रज्ञ: प्रोद्ेजयति चैव ह

Transliteration

loṣṭaiḥ stambhair āyudhair vā jantūn bādhati śobhane | hiṃsārthaṃ nikṛtiprajñaḥ prodejayati caiva ha ||

Translation

ମହେଶ୍ୱର କହିଲେ—ହେ ଶୋଭନେ! କୁଟିଲ ବୁଦ୍ଧିର ଲୋକ ହିଂସାର ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟରେ ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନଙ୍କୁ ପୀଡ଼ା ଦିଏ—ଢେଲାରେ, ଦଣ୍ଡ କି ସ୍ତମ୍ଭରେ, କିମ୍ବା ଅସ୍ତ୍ରରେ। କ୍ଷତି କରିବା ଇଚ୍ଛାରେ ସେ ଜାଣିଶୁଣି ଭୟ ଓ ଉଦ୍ବେଗ ଜନମାଇ ହିଂସାକୁ ଉକ୍ତେଜିତ କରେ।

Word by Word

• लोष्टैः: with clods (of earth)
• लोष्टैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• स्तम्भैः: with posts/pillars
• स्तम्भैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आयुधैः: with weapons
• आयुधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• जन्तून्: creatures, beings
• जन्तून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बाधति: harasses, injures
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शोभने: in a fair/pleasant (place); in the beautiful (one)
• शोभने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हिंसार्थम्: for the sake of harming
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हिंसा-अर्थ

• निकृतिप्रज्ञः: one whose intelligence is bent on deceit/treachery
• निकृतिप्रज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निकृति-प्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रोद्वेजयति: frightens, terrifies
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उद्-विज्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• śobhane (the addressed woman, unnamed here)
• loṣṭa (clod of earth)
• stambha (post/club)
• āyudha (weapon)
• jantū (living beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Deliberately harming creatures—whether with crude objects or weapons—and provoking conflict is a mark of a corrupted, malicious intellect; such conduct is ethically blameworthy and opposed to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīmaheśvara addresses a woman (“O fair one”) and describes the behavior of a cruel person: he injures living beings using whatever means available and actively incites violence, highlighting the moral fault in such aggression.