Shloka 44

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

दुष्प्रज्ञाश्नापरे देव ज्ञानविज्ञानवर्जिता: । केन कर्मविशेषेण प्रज्ञावान्‌ पुरुषो भवेत्‌

Transliteration

duṣprajñāś cāpare deva jñāna-vijñāna-varjitāḥ | kena karma-viśeṣeṇa prajñāvān puruṣo bhavet, deva ||

Translation

Wika ni Maheshvara: “O Panginoon, may ilan namang tao na waring mapurol ang isip, salat sa tunay na kaalaman at sa natamong pag-unawa. Sa gayong kalagayan, sa anong natatanging gawa makakamit ng tao ang karunungan, O Panginoon?”

Word by Word

• दुष्प्रज्ञाः: of poor intellect
• दुष्प्रज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्प्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देव: O god / O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ज्ञानविज्ञानवर्जिताः: devoid of knowledge and discernment
• ज्ञानविज्ञानवर्जिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानविज्ञानवर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केन: by what?
• केन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्मविशेषेण: by a particular act/deed
• कर्मविशेषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मविशेष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रज्ञावान्: wise, intelligent
• प्रज्ञावान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञावत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: might become / could be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Deva (addressed Lord)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames an ethical-spiritual problem: many lack both theoretical knowledge (jñāna) and lived discernment (vijñāna). It asks what specific disciplined action (karma-viśeṣa) can transform such a person into one endowed with wisdom (prajñā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīmaheśvara addresses a divine interlocutor, observing that some humans are ignorant and confused, and he inquires about the concrete practice or type of action by which they can attain wisdom.