कल्मषापहर-कीर्तनम् / Kīrtana for the Removal of Impurity
श्रीमहेश्वरने कहा--देवि! शास्त्र लोकधर्मोकी उन मर्यादाओंको स्थापित करते हैं, जो सबके हितके लिये निर्मित हुई हैं। जो उन शास्त्रोंको प्रमाण मानते हैं, वे दृढ़तापूर्वक उत्तम व्रतका पालन करते देखे जाते हैं ।।
adharmaṁ dharmam ity āhur ye ca mohavaśaṁ gatāḥ | avratā naṣṭamaryādās te proktā brahmarākṣasāḥ ||
摩诃提婆说道:“噢,女神啊,诸《沙斯特拉》(śāstra)确立正行的界限——那是为一切众生之福祉而制定的准则。凡以《沙斯特拉》为权威者,皆可见其坚定奉持高贵之誓戒。然而那些为迷妄所覆,竟称不法(adharma)为‘法’(dharma)——无誓之人,毁坏正行之界者——被宣告为‘梵罗刹’(brahma-rākṣasa)。”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Śāstra-based dharma sets protective boundaries (maryādā) meant for universal welfare. When people, driven by delusion, invert moral categories—calling adharma ‘dharma’—and live without vows or restraint, they undermine social and spiritual order and are censured as ‘brahmarākṣasas’.
Śrīmahēśvara addresses Devī in a didactic passage on dharma. He contrasts disciplined followers who accept śāstra as a valid guide and keep noble vows with deluded individuals who mislabel wrongdoing as righteousness and thereby destroy established norms.