Shloka 47

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच ब्राह्मणान्‌ वेदविदुष: सिद्धान्‌ धर्मविदस्तथा । परिपृच्छन्त्यहरह: कुशला: कुशलं तथा

Transliteration

śrīmaheśvara uvāca brāhmaṇān vedaviduṣaḥ siddhān dharmavidās tathā | paripṛcchanty aharahaḥ kuśalāḥ kuśalaṃ tathā ||

Translation

圣摩醯湿伐罗曰：日复一日，智者恭敬问候诸成就之婆罗门——通晓吠陀、明了达摩者。以谦恭请问而敬奉贤达，又舍弃不祥之业、奉行吉祥之行，则来世得升天界，今世亦常享安乐。

Word by Word

• श्रीमहेश्वरः: the revered Maheshvara (Shiva)
• श्रीमहेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वेदविदुषः: knowers of the Veda
• वेदविदुषः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेदविद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सिद्धान्: accomplished ones (siddhas)
• सिद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• धर्मविदः: knowers of dharma
• धर्मविदः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: and also / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• परिपृच्छन्ति: they inquire (after)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• अहरहः: day by day / every day
• अहरहः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहरहः

• कुशलाः: the virtuous/competent (people)
• कुशलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुशलम्: welfare / well-being
• कुशलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Veda
• Siddhas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate dharmic life by honoring and consulting Veda- and dharma-knowing brāhmaṇas, maintaining daily respectful engagement, and choosing auspicious actions over harmful ones; this yields well-being here and heavenly merit hereafter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Maheśvara is instructing Devī, describing the conduct of wise people: they regularly approach accomplished, learned brāhmaṇas to ask after their welfare and align their own behavior with auspicious, dharmic practice, leading to happiness and heavenly reward.