Shloka 49

कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity

Devanagari script

स चेन्मानुषतां याति मेधावी तत्र जायते । श्रुतं प्रज्ञानुगं यस्य कल्याणमुपजायते

Transliteration

sa cen mānuṣatāṁ yāti medhāvī tatra jāyate | śrutaṁ prajñānugaṁ yasya kalyāṇam upajāyate ||

Translation

若此人自天界还返而复生人间，必生而聪慧敏锐。于其身上，经论所学随其明辨之智而行；故吉祥与安泰常常为他生起。

Word by Word

• सः: he/that person
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चेत्: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• मानुषताम्: human state/condition (human birth)
• मानुषताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुषता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• याति: goes/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मेधावी: intelligent, wise
• मेधावी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेधाविन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• जायते: is born/arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जायते)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• श्रुतम्: learning; what is heard (scriptural learning)
• श्रुतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रज्ञा-अनुगम्: following (in accordance with) understanding
• प्रज्ञा-अनुगम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञानुग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कल्याणम्: welfare, auspicious good
• कल्याणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपजायते: arises, comes about
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-जन् (उपजायते)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (speaker)
• svarga (heaven)
• mānuṣa-yoni (human birth)
• śāstra/śruti (scriptural learning)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person formed by righteous conduct carries its fruits beyond a single life: if reborn as a human after enjoying heaven, he is naturally intelligent, and his scriptural learning becomes effective because it aligns with discernment; thus, lasting welfare (kalyāṇa) follows.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Maheśvara describes the posthumous trajectory of a virtuous practitioner: after attaining heaven, if he returns to human birth, he is born as a medhāvī, and his learning and wisdom cooperate, producing continual auspicious outcomes.