Shloka 11
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
Devanagari script
मातृवत् स्वसृवच्चैव नित्यं दुहितृवच्च ये
Transliteration
mātṛvat svasṛvaccaiva nityaṃ duhitṛvacca ye
Translation
महेश्वर उवाच—मातृवत् स्वसृवच्चैव नित्यं दुहितृवच्च ये।
Word by Word
मातृवत्like a mother
मातृवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमातृवत्
स्वसृवत्like a sister
स्वसृवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वसृवत्
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
दुहितृवत्like a daughter
दुहितृवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदुहितृवत्
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
येwho/those who
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
To cultivate unwavering ethical restraint by viewing women with the reverence due to one’s mother, sister, and daughter—an inner discipline that prevents exploitation and supports dharma.
Śrīmaheśvara is delivering a dharma-instruction, emphasizing a standard of conduct: constant respectful regard toward women, expressed through familial analogies (mother/sister/daughter).