Shloka 48

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

वर्जयन्तो5शुभं कर्म सेवमाना: शुभं तथा । लभन्ते स्वर्गतिं नित्यमिहलोके तथा सुखम्‌

Transliteration

varjayanto 'śubhaṃ karma sevamānāḥ śubhaṃ tathā | labhante svargatiṃ nityam ihaloke tathā sukham ||

Translation

Wika ni Mahādeva: “Yaong umiiwas sa masasamang gawa at palagiang nagsasagawa ng mabubuting asal ay makaaabot sa kalagayang makalangit sa kabilang buhay, at sa mundong ito nama’y magkakamit ng pangmatagalang ligaya.”

Word by Word

• वर्जयन्तः: avoiding, shunning
• वर्जयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वर्जयत् (वर्ज्/वृज् caus.)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अशुभम्: inauspicious, evil
• अशुभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्म: deed, action
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सेवमानाः: practising, engaging in
• सेवमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेवमान (सेव्)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शानच्) आत्मनेपदी, पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious, good
• शुभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• लभन्ते: they obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• स्वर्गतिम्: the path/state of heaven
• स्वर्गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गतिः
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahādeva (Maheśvara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical discipline has a twofold fruit: by abandoning harmful actions and cultivating virtuous ones, a person gains well-being here (ihaloka) and a favorable destiny hereafter (svargati).

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara (Śiva/Mahādeva) is instructing (addressing Devī in the surrounding context) by stating the results of moral restraint and virtuous practice: worldly happiness and heavenly attainment.