Shloka 60

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

यज्वानश्न तथैवान्ये निहॉमाश्ष तथापरे । केन कर्मविपाकेन भवन्तीह वदस्व मे

Transliteration

yajvānaś ca tathaivānye nihomāś ca tathāpare | kena karmavipākena bhavantīha vadasva me ||

Translation

ਕਈ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਯਜ्ञ-ਸ਼ੀਲ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਹੋਰ ਹੋਮ-ਯਜ्ञ ਤੋਂ ਵਿਮੁਖ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਕਿਹੜੇ ਕਰਮ-ਵਿਪਾਕ ਨਾਲ ਇੱਥੇ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਐਸੇ ਪਰਸਪਰ-ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਸੁਭਾਵ ਬਣਦੇ ਹਨ? ਮੈਨੂੰ ਦੱਸੋ।

Word by Word

• यज्वानः: sacrificers (those who perform yajña)
• यज्वानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

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

• निः: without/devoid of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निः

• होमाः: homa-performers / (those connected with) oblations
• होमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अपरे: others (again)
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• कर्मविपाकेन: by the ripening/result of (past) actions
• कर्मविपाकेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मविपाक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भवन्ति: they become/are
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• वद: tell/say
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्व: to me (lit. me)
• स्व: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a dharmic inquiry: differences in religious and ethical inclination—such as devotion to yajña and homa versus aversion to them—are to be understood through karma-vipāka, the maturation of past actions shaping present tendencies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīmaheśvara poses a question about human diversity in ritual disposition: why some are naturally inclined toward sacrificial duties while others neglect or oppose them, and he asks for an explanation in terms of the results of karma.