Shloka 31

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

उदात्तकुलजातीय उदात्ताभिजन: सदा । एष धर्मों मया प्रोक्तो विधात्रा स्वयमीरित:

Transliteration

udāttakulajātīya udāttābhijanaḥ sadā | eṣa dharmo mayā prokto vidhātrā svayam īritaḥ ||

Translation

Mahādeva nói: “Người sống theo dharma luôn sinh vào gia tộc và dòng dõi cao quý, giữa những bậc được trọng vọng và danh giá. Đó là dharma ta đã tuyên thuyết—vốn do chính Đấng Tạo Hóa trước tiên truyền dạy.”

Word by Word

• उदात्तकुलजातीयः: one belonging to a noble family and lineage
• उदात्तकुलजातीयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदात्तकुलजातीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदात्ताभिजनः: of noble birth/ancestry
• उदात्ताभिजनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदात्ताभिजन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

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

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रोक्तः: told; declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• विधात्रा: by the Creator (Brahmā)
• विधात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• स्वयम्: personally; himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• ईरितः: uttered; proclaimed
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Vidhātṛ (Brahmā, the Creator)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Righteous conduct (dharma) is said to lead to birth in an exalted family and noble lineage; Mahādeva presents this as an authoritative teaching originally proclaimed by the Creator (Brahmā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śiva (Śrīmaheśvara) is instructing the listener on dharma, emphasizing its fruits and grounding his statement in the prior authority of Vidhātṛ (Brahmā).