Shloka 34

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

उपक्रामति जनन्‍्तूंश्च उद्वेशजनन: सदा । एवंशीलसमाचारो निरयं प्रतिपद्यते

Transliteration

upakrāmati jantūṁś ca udveṣa-jananaḥ sadā | evaṁ-śīla-samācāro nirayaṁ pratipadyate ||

Translation

యెవడు జీవులపై దాడి చేయుచు, ఎల్లప్పుడూ ద్వేషాన్ని పుట్టించుచు ఉండునో—అటువంటి స్వభావాచారముగలవాడు నరకాన్ని పొందును.

Word by Word

• उपक्रामति: approaches/attacks
• उपक्रामति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-क्रम्
• Form: Lat, Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

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

• उद्वेगजननः: causing agitation/terror
• उद्वेगजननः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्वेग-जनन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• शीलसमाचारः: one whose conduct/behavior is such
• शीलसमाचारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शील-समाचार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निरयम्: hell
• निरयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिपद्यते: attains/goes to
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-पद्
• Form: Lat, Present, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (speaker)
• jantavaḥ (living beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Persistent aggression toward living beings and the habitual creation of hatred are condemned as adharma; such a person’s character (śīla) and conduct (samācāra) lead to severe karmic retribution, described here as falling into niraya (hell).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara is instructing about moral causality: he identifies a type of wrongdoer—one who harms creatures and provokes enmity—and states the consequence that follows from such sustained behavior.