Shloka 48

Invocations, Definition and Authority of Purāṇa, Pulastya–Bhīṣma Frame, and the Creation–Dissolution Schema

Devanagari script

धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं सर्व्वपापप्रणाशनम् । कीर्तनं श्रवणं चास्य धारणं च विशेषतः

Transliteration

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvvapāpapraṇāśanam | kīrtanaṃ śravaṇaṃ cāsya dhāraṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

การสาธยายนี้เป็นมงคล ก่อให้เกิดเกียรติยศ และเพิ่มพูนอายุขัย อีกทั้งทำลายบาปทั้งปวง โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่ง การขับร้อง การสดับฟัง และการทรงจำไว้ในดวงใจ ย่อมให้ผลยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

• धन्यम्: blessed; auspicious
• धन्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• यशस्यम्: fame-giving; glorious
• यशस्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• आयुष्यम्: life-promoting; longevity-giving
• आयुष्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक-त्रय; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कीर्तनम्: chanting; praising
• कीर्तनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kīrtana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रवणम्: hearing; listening
• श्रवणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• अस्य: of this; of it
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• धारणम्: holding; retaining (in mind)
• धारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially; in particular
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: “especially”)

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent narrator/speaker in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa Adhyaya 2)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: यशस्यमायुष्यं = यशस्यम् + आयुष्यम्; सर्व्वपापप्रणाशनम् normalized as सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्; चास्य = च + अस्य.

FAQs

What practice does this verse prioritize for spiritual benefit?

It highlights devotional engagement—kīrtana (chanting/singing), śravaṇa (listening), and dhāraṇa (retaining in memory)—as especially potent.

How does this verse connect to the Bhakti path?

Śravaṇa and kīrtana are classic bhakti disciplines; the verse frames them as purifying and merit-producing, capable of erasing sin and nourishing a blessed life.

What is the ethical lesson implied by calling it “sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam”?

It teaches that sustained engagement with sacred teaching (through hearing, recitation, and remembrance) supports moral purification and a turn away from harmful actions.