Shloka 9

अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः

Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry

Devanagari script

नष्टा न पुनरेष्यन्ति प्रजा होता: कथंचन । तस्मान्निवर्ततामेतत्‌ तेन स्वेनेव तेजसा,यदि इन प्रजाओंका नाश हो गया तो ये किसी तरह फिर यहाँ उपस्थित न हो सकेंगी। इसलिये आप अपने ही प्रभावसे इस क्रोधाग्निको निवृत्त कीजिये

Transliteration

naṣṭā na punareṣyanti prajā hotāḥ kathaṃcana | tasmān nivartatām etat tena sveneva tejasā ||

Translation

Narada said: “If these creatures are destroyed, they will not return here again by any means. Therefore, let this be restrained—quench this blaze of wrath by your own innate spiritual power.”

Word by Word

नष्टाःdestroyed, perished

नnot

पुनःagain

एष्यन्तिwill come/return

प्रजाःsubjects, people

हताःslain, killed

कथंचनin any way, somehow (at all)

तस्मात्therefore, from that reason

निवर्तताम्let it cease/turn back; may it be stopped

एतत्this (thing)

तेनby that; by him/it

स्वेनby one’s own

इवas if, like

तेजसाby (your) power/splendor/energy

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

prajāḥ (living beings/subjects)

tejas (spiritual power)

krodhāgni (fire of anger, implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes