Shloka 74

देवादिसृष्टिकथनम् (वसिष्ठशोकः, पराशरजन्म, एकलिङ्गपूजा, रुद्रदर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य वसिष्ठस्य नियोगाच्छक्तिनन्दनः राक्षसानामभावाय मतिं चक्रे महामतिः

Transliteration

tatastasya vasiṣṭhasya niyogācchaktinandanaḥ rākṣasānāmabhāvāya matiṃ cakre mahāmatiḥ

Translation

Daraufhin fasste der Sohn der Śakti—großgesinnt und von scharfem Verstand—auf Vasishthas Geheiß den Entschluss, einen Weg einzuschlagen, der das Verschwinden der Rākṣasas bewirken würde.

Word by Word

• ततः: then

• तस्य: of him

• वसिष्ठस्य: of Vasiṣṭha

• नियोगात्: by the command/appointment

• शक्तिनन्दनः: the son of Śakti

• राक्षसानाम्: of the Rākṣasas (demonic beings)

• अभावाय: for non-existence/cessation

• मतिम्: intention/plan

• चक्रे: made/formed

• महामतिः: great-minded, profoundly intelligent

Speaker

Suta Goswami