Shloka 57
कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity
Devanagari script
एष देवि सतां धर्मो मन्तव्यो भूतिकारक: । नृणां हितार्थाय मया तव वै समुदाह्ृत:
Transliteration
eṣa devi satāṁ dharmo mantavyo bhūtikārakaḥ | nṛṇāṁ hitārthāya mayā tava vai samudāhṛtaḥ ||
Translation
एष देवि सतां धर्मो मन्तव्यो भूतिकारकः । नृणां हितार्थाय मया तव वै समुदाहृतः ॥
Word by Word
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देविO goddess
देवि:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
सताम्of the good/virtuous
सताम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
धर्मःdharma, righteous duty
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मन्तव्यःto be considered/should be regarded
मन्तव्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्तव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूतिकारकःbringing welfare/prosperity-causing
भूतिकारकः:
TypeAdjective
Rootभूति-कारक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नृणाम्of men/people
नृणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
हितार्थायfor (their) benefit
हितार्थाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootहित-अर्थ
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
तवto you/your
तव:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
समुदाहृतःhas been declared/expounded
समुदाहृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उद्-आ-हृ (धातु: हृ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
देविO goddess
देवि:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)D
Devī (the Goddess)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The dharma followed by the virtuous should be accepted as inherently welfare-producing; the speaker frames the teaching as meant for the good of all humans.
Maheshvara addresses Devī and concludes or reinforces an instruction by stating that what has been taught is the dharma of the good, expounded for the benefit of humankind.