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

Sinabi ni Śrī Maheśvara: “O mapalad na ginang, yaong mga lalaking laging nakaugnay dito sa dharma ng isip—na ang diwa’y patuloy na nagbubulay at nagsasagawa ng matuwid—ay nakaaabot sa langit. Makinig habang ipinahahayag ko ang aral na ito.”

Word by Word

• {'śrīmaheśvaraḥ': 'Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva), the speaker', 'uvāca': 'said', 'mānasena': 'mental

• pertaining to the mind', 'iha': 'here (in this world)', 'dharmeṇa': 'with dharma

• with righteousness/duty', 'saṁyuktāḥ': 'joined, endowed, united', 'puruṣāḥ': 'men

• persons', 'sadā': 'always', 'svargam': 'heaven

• celestial world', 'gacchanti': 'go

• attain', 'kalyāṇi': 'O auspicious one (vocative, feminine)', 'tat': 'that (teaching/matter)', 'me': 'from me

• my', 'kīrtayataḥ': 'as (I am) proclaiming/expounding', 'śṛṇu': 'listen'}

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Śiva)
• kalyāṇī (the addressed auspicious lady)
• svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Consistent inner alignment with dharma—right intention, contemplation, and mental discipline—has spiritual efficacy and is presented as a cause for attaining heaven.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.