Shloka 29
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
Devanagari script
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच मानसेनेह धर्मेण संयुक्ता: पुरुषा: सदा | स्वर्ग गच्छन्ति कल्याणि तन्मे कीर्तयत: शृणु
Transliteration
śrīmaheśvara uvāca | mānaseneha dharmeṇa saṁyuktāḥ puruṣāḥ sadā | svargaṁ gacchanti kalyāṇi tan me kīrtayataḥ śṛṇu ||
Translation
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच—मानसेनेह धर्मेण संयुक्ता: पुरुषा: सदा। स्वर्गं गच्छन्ति कल्याणि, तन्मे कीर्तयत: शृणु।
Word by Word
{'śrīmaheśvaraḥ''Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva), the speaker', 'uvāca': 'said', 'mānasena': 'mental
{'śrīmaheśvaraḥ':
pertaining to the mind', 'iha''here (in this world)', 'dharmeṇa': 'with dharma
pertaining to the mind', 'iha':
with righteousness/duty', 'saṁyuktāḥ''joined, endowed, united', 'puruṣāḥ': 'men
with righteousness/duty', 'saṁyuktāḥ':
persons', 'sadā''always', 'svargam': 'heaven
persons', 'sadā':
celestial world', 'gacchanti''go
celestial world', 'gacchanti':
attain', 'kalyāṇi''O auspicious one (vocative, feminine)', 'tat': 'that (teaching/matter)', 'me': 'from me
attain', 'kalyāṇi':
my', 'kīrtayataḥ''as (I am) proclaiming/expounding', 'śṛṇu': 'listen'}
my', 'kīrtayataḥ':
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)K
kalyāṇī (the addressed auspicious lady)S
svarga (heaven)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Educational Q&A
Consistent inner alignment with dharma—right intention, contemplation, and mental discipline—has spiritual efficacy and is presented as a cause for attaining heaven.
Maheśvara addresses an ‘auspicious lady’ and introduces a didactic point: he urges her to listen while he explains how those devoted to mental dharma attain svarga.