Shloka 68

Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः

Devanagari script

धर्मादैश्वर्यमित्येषा श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी दैत्याश्चैते हि धर्मिष्ठाः सर्वे त्रिपुरवासिनः

Transliteration

dharmādaiśvaryamityeṣā śrutireṣā sanātanī daityāścaite hi dharmiṣṭhāḥ sarve tripuravāsinaḥ

Translation

„Aus Dharma erwächst Herrschaft und königliche Macht“—dies ist die ewige Lehre der vedischen Śruti. Wahrlich, diese Daityas, alle Bewohner von Tripura, waren dem Dharma ergeben; und durch jene Rechtschaffenheit erlangten sie Kraft und Oberhoheit.

Word by Word

• धर्मात् (dharmāt): from dharma/righteous order

• ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam): sovereignty, lordship, power

• इति (iti): thus

• एषा (eṣā): this

• श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ): Vedic revelation/authoritative teaching

• एषा (eṣā): this

• सनातनी (sanātanī): eternal

• दैत्याः (daityāḥ): Daityas (a class of Asuras)

• च (ca): and

• एते (ete): these

• हि (hi): indeed

• धर्मिष्ठाः (dharmiṣṭhāḥ): most righteous, devoted to dharma

• सर्वे (sarve): all

• त्रिपुरवासिनः (tripuravāsinaḥ): inhabitants of Tripura

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana account to the sages of Naimisharanya)