Shloka 23

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

श्वरपाकपुल्कसादीनां कुत्सितानामचेतसाम्‌ | कुलेषु तेषु जायन्ते गुरुवृद्धापचायिन:

Transliteration

śvapāka-pulkasa-ādīnāṁ kutsitānām acetāsām | kuleṣu teṣu jāyante guru-vṛddhāpacāyinaḥ ||

Translation

Maheśvara phán: Sau khi được thả khỏi địa ngục ấy, những kẻ tâm địa hèn kém sẽ sinh vào các cộng đồng bị khinh miệt như śvapāka và pulkasa. Họ là hạng người thấp kém nhất—những kẻ không kính trọng bậc trưởng thượng và thầy dạy—nên lại thọ sinh trong chính những dòng dõi bị chê trách ấy.

Word by Word

• श्वपाकपुल्कसादीनाम्: of (those) such as dog-cookers (caṇḍālas) and pulkasas etc.
• श्वपाकपुल्कसादीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वपाक + पुल्कस + आदि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुत्सितानाम्: of the vile/despicable
• कुत्सितानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुत्सित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अचेतसाम्: of the senseless/ignorant
• अचेतसाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कुलेषु: in families/clans
• कुलेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तेषु: in those (families)
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• जायन्ते: are born / take birth
• जायन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• गुरुवृद्धापचायिनः: those who disrespect/neglect gurus and elders
• गुरुवृद्धापचायिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु + वृद्ध + अपचायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• śvapāka
• pulkasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that contempt for teachers and elders is a grave ethical failure with karmic consequences: after suffering in hell, such persons are said to be reborn in socially despised lineages, emphasizing the dharmic duty of reverence (apacaya) toward gurus and the aged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara is describing the post-mortem fate of wrongdoers: once they are released from a particular hell, they undergo rebirth among communities labeled as śvapāka and pulkasa, specifically identifying the fault of disrespecting gurus and elders as the cause for that degraded rebirth.