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
摩醯首罗（Maheśvara）说道：“女神啊，此乃由言语所成之达摩。世人当时时奉行。智者应恒说吉祥与真实之言，并当舍弃虚妄。”
Word by Word
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाणी-कृतःmade/formed by speech
वाणी-कृतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवाणी-कृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देविO goddess
देवि:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
धर्मःdharma; righteous conduct
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सेव्यःto be practiced/served
सेव्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसेव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
नरैःby men; by people
नरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
शुभःauspicious; good
शुभः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सत्य-गुणःhaving the quality of truth; truthful
सत्य-गुणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य-गुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always; constantly
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
वर्जनीयःto be avoided
वर्जनीयः:
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्जनीय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मृषाfalsely; untruth
मृषा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमृषा
बुधैःby the wise; by learned people
बुधैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबुध
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī MaheśvaraD
DevīCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Speech itself is a field of dharma: one should consistently cultivate auspicious and truthful words, and the wise must renounce falsehood.
Maheśvara addresses Devī and summarizes a rule of right conduct centered on speech—urging continual practice of truthful, beneficial utterance and rejection of lying.