Shloka 9

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

एते देवि महाभागा: प्राणिनो दानशीलिन: । ब्रह्मणा वै पुरा प्रोक्ता: सर्वस्य प्रियदर्शना:

Transliteration

ete devi mahābhāgāḥ prāṇino dānaśīlinaḥ | brahmaṇā vai purā proktāḥ sarvasya priyadarśanāḥ ||

Translation

Hỡi Nữ Thần phúc đức, những chúng sinh may mắn ấy vốn có lòng ưa bố thí. Thuở xưa chính Phạm Thiên (Brahmā) đã nói về họ như vậy, và họ hiện ra đáng mến, được mọi người yêu quý.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• महाभागाः: greatly fortunate/noble
• महाभागाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राणिनः: living beings
• प्राणिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दानशीलिनः: charitable; of a giving nature
• दानशीलिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दानशीलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पुरा: formerly; in ancient times
• पुरा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• प्रोक्ताः: declared/taught
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive (participial)

• सर्वस्य: of all; for everyone
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रियदर्शनाः: pleasing to behold; dear in appearance
• प्रियदर्शनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रियदर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahādeśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva) (speaker)
• Devī (the Goddess, addressed)
• Brahmā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Generosity (dāna) is presented as a defining mark of noble beings: those inclined to giving become प्रियदर्शना—pleasing and dear to all—and are remembered as authoritative exemplars, even traced to Brahmā’s ancient instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Mahādeśvara addresses Devī and identifies a class of beings characterized by charitable disposition, noting that Brahmā had earlier spoken about them—framing them as models within the broader Anuśāsana-Parva discourse on dharma and right conduct.