Shloka 10
कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity
देवि! ये दानशील प्राणी ही ऐसे महान् सौभाग्यसे सम्पन्न होते हैं। पूर्वकालमें ब्रह्माजीने इनका ऐसा ही परिचय दिया है। दाता मनुष्य सभीकी दृष्टि में प्रिय होते हैं ।।
devi! ye dānaśīlāḥ prāṇinaḥ hi etādṛśaiḥ mahān saubhāgyena sampannā bhavanti | pūrvakāle brahmājñā etānām etādṛśaḥ eva paricayaḥ pradattaḥ | dātā manuṣyāḥ sarveṣāṁ dṛṣṭau priyā bhavanti || apare mānavā devi pradāna-kṛpaṇā dvijaiḥ yācitā na prayacchanti vidyamāne 'pi abuddhayaḥ ||
大自在天说道：“噢，女神，唯有乐于布施的众生，方得如此大福。古时梵天亦曾如此称述他们。施者为众目所爱。然而，噢，女神，另有许多人在施舍上吝啬；纵有财物，婆罗门前来求乞，他们也不肯施与——皆因愚昧无知。”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Generosity (dāna) brings great auspicious fortune and social goodwill; miserliness—especially refusing rightful requests despite having means—is portrayed as a mark of poor understanding and a failure of dharma.
Maheśvara addresses Devī, contrasting two types of people: those naturally inclined to give, praised even by Brahmā and loved by all, and those who, though wealthy, refuse requests from dvijas (notably Brahmins), revealing their folly and moral deficiency.