Shloka 27

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

एष वाणीकृतो देवि धर्म: सेव्य: सदा नरै: । शुभ: सत्यगुणो नित्यं वर्जनीयो मृषा बुचै:

Transliteration

eṣa vāṇīkṛto devi dharmaḥ sevyaḥ sadā naraiḥ | śubhaḥ satyaguṇo nityaṃ varjanīyo mṛṣā budhaiḥ ||

Translation

Maheśvara nói: “Hỡi Nữ Thần, đây là dharma được tạo nên qua lời nói. Con người phải thực hành nó mọi lúc. Bậc trí nên luôn nói lời cát tường và chân thật, và phải từ bỏ điều dối trá.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाणी-कृतः: made/formed by speech
• वाणी-कृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाणी-कृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवि: O goddess
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• धर्मः: dharma; righteous conduct
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सेव्यः: to be practiced/served
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• नरैः: by men; by people
• नरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शुभः: auspicious; good
• शुभः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्य-गुणः: having the quality of truth; truthful
• सत्य-गुणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वर्जनीयः: to be avoided
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्जनीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृषा: falsely; untruth
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मृषा

• बुधैः: by the wise; by learned people
• बुधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara
• Devī

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech itself is a field of dharma: one should consistently cultivate auspicious and truthful words, and the wise must renounce falsehood.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara addresses Devī and summarizes a rule of right conduct centered on speech—urging continual practice of truthful, beneficial utterance and rejection of lying.