Shloka 62
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
Devanagari script
अशुभै: पापकर्माणो ये नरा: कलुषीकृता: । ईशान न प्रपद्यन्ते तमोराजसवृत्तय:
Transliteration
aśubhaiḥ pāpakarmāṇo ye narāḥ kaluṣīkṛtāḥ | īśāna na prapadyante tamorajasavṛttayaḥ ||
Translation
جو لوگ ناشائستہ چال چلن سے گناہ کے کاموں میں پڑ کر آلودہ ہو گئے ہیں—جن کی سرشت تامسی یا راجسی ہے—وہ ایشان (بھگوان شِو) کی پناہ نہیں لیتے۔
Word by Word
अशुभैःby/with inauspicious (acts/behaviours)
अशुभैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअशुभ
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
पापकर्माणःsin-doers; those whose deeds are sinful
पापकर्माणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपापकर्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
येwho
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नराःmen; people
नराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कलुषीकृताःdefiled; made impure
कलुषीकृताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकलुषीकृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ईशानO Ishana (Shiva)
ईशान:
TypeNoun
Rootईशान
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रपद्यन्तेtake refuge; surrender
प्रपद्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√पद्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
तमोराजसवृत्तयःthose of tamasic/rajasic disposition
तमोराजसवृत्तयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतमोराजसवृत्ति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyu)ई
ईशान (Īśāna / Lord Śiva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Sinful, impure conduct and a tamasic/rajasic mindset hinder true surrender; devotion to Īśāna (Śiva) is facilitated by inner purity and a more sattvic orientation.
Vāyu is speaking and makes a doctrinal-ethical observation: people defiled by inauspicious, sinful actions—driven by tamas and rajas—do not take refuge in Lord Śiva.