Shloka 62
कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity
श्रीमहेश्वरने कहा--देवि! शास्त्र लोकधर्मोकी उन मर्यादाओंको स्थापित करते हैं, जो सबके हितके लिये निर्मित हुई हैं। जो उन शास्त्रोंको प्रमाण मानते हैं, वे दृढ़तापूर्वक उत्तम व्रतका पालन करते देखे जाते हैं ।।
adharmaṁ dharmam ity āhur ye ca mohavaśaṁ gatāḥ | avratā naṣṭamaryādās te proktā brahmarākṣasāḥ ||
Sinabi ni Mahādeva: “O Devī, ang mga śāstra ang nagtatatag ng mga hangganan ng wastong asal—mga pamantayang nilikha para sa kapakanan ng lahat. Yaong kumikilala sa śāstra bilang may kapangyarihang patunay ay nakikitang matatag na tumutupad sa mararangal na panata. Ngunit yaong nalulunod sa pagkalito at tinatawag ang adharma na ‘dharma’—mga taong walang panata at sumisira sa mismong mga hangganan ng tamang gawi—ay ipinahahayag na mga brahma-rākṣasa.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Śāstra-based dharma sets protective boundaries (maryādā) meant for universal welfare. When people, driven by delusion, invert moral categories—calling adharma ‘dharma’—and live without vows or restraint, they undermine social and spiritual order and are censured as ‘brahmarākṣasas’.
Śrīmahēśvara addresses Devī in a didactic passage on dharma. He contrasts disciplined followers who accept śāstra as a valid guide and keep noble vows with deluded individuals who mislabel wrongdoing as righteousness and thereby destroy established norms.