Shloka 49
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
Devanagari script
प्राणातिपाते यो रौद्रो दण्डहस्तोद्यतः सदा । नित्यमुद्यतशस्त्रश्न हन्ति भूतगणान् नर:
Transliteration
prāṇātipāte yo raudro daṇḍahastodyataḥ sadā | nityam udyataśastraś ca hanti bhūtagāṇān naraḥ || evaṃbhūto naro devi nirayaṃ pratipadyate |
Translation
大自在天说道：“女神啊，那人若以夺命为凶暴之业——手执杖棒常备不懈，兵刃恒举，屡屡杀害无数众生——如此之人，女神啊，必堕地狱。”
Word by Word
प्राणातिपातेin the act of taking life (killing)
प्राणातिपाते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootप्राणातिपात
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रौद्रःfierce, terrible
रौद्रः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दण्डहस्तhaving a staff in hand
दण्डहस्त:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदण्डहस्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उद्यतःraised, ready (to strike)
उद्यतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-यत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
नित्यम्constantly, daily
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
उद्यतशस्त्रःwith weapon raised; ever-armed
उद्यतशस्त्रः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्यतशस्त्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हन्तिkills
हन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूतगणान्groups of living beings
भूतगणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूतगण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवंभूतःsuch (of this kind)
एवंभूतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएवंभूत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नरःman
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देविO goddess
देवि:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
निरयम्hell
निरयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिरय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रतिपद्यतेattains, goes to
प्रतिपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-पद्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
Speaker
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrīmaheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)D
Devī (the Goddess, addressed)D
daṇḍa (staff/rod)Ś
śastra (weapons)N
niraya (hell)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Deliberate, habitual violence—living in readiness to kill and repeatedly taking the lives of beings—is condemned as adharma and leads to severe karmic consequence, described here as falling into niraya (hell).
Śrīmaheśvara addresses Devī and characterizes a cruel, weapon-ready killer who harms living beings continually; he then states the resulting fate: such a person attains niraya.