Shloka 52

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

ये तु मूढा दुराचारा वियोनौ मैथुने रता: । पुरुषेषु सुदुष्प्रज्ञा क्लीबत्वमुपयान्ति ते

Transliteration

ye tu mūḍhā durācārā viyonau maithune ratāḥ | puruṣeṣu suduṣprajñā klībatvam upayānti te ||

Translation

Mahādeva nói: “Nhưng những kẻ mê muội, hạnh kiểm bại hoại, ưa thích sự giao hợp theo lối trái tự nhiên, và có nhận thức hết sức lệch lạc đối với nam giới—những người ấy sẽ rơi vào tình trạng bất lực/nhu nhược.”

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मूढाः: deluded/foolish
• मूढाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दुराचाराः: evil-doers/of bad conduct
• दुराचाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुराचार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वियोनौ: in an unnatural/other-than-womb (place)
• वियोनौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियोनि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मैथुने: in sexual intercourse
• मैथुने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैथुन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रताः: engaged/delighting (in)
• रताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुरुषेषु: among men/in men
• पुरुषेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• सुदुष्प्रज्ञाः: very ill-advised/of very bad understanding
• सुदुष्प्रज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुष्प्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्लीबत्वम्: impotence/effeminacy
• क्लीबत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लीबत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपयान्ति: attain/come to
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahēśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames certain forms of sexual misconduct and deluded moral judgment as adharma and presents a consequential result—loss of virility/masculine capacity—expressed through the term klībatva.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīmahēśvara is speaking in an instructive mode within Anuśāsana-parvan, delivering a moral-ethical admonition that links improper conduct (durācāra) and ‘unnatural’ sexual indulgence (viyonau maithune ratāḥ) with an adverse outcome.