Shloka 19

वंशानुवर्णनम् — सात्वतवंशः, स्यमन्तक-प्रसङ्गः, कृष्णावतारः, शिवप्रसादः (पाशुपतयोगः)

Devanagari script

श्वफल्कश् च महाराजो धर्मात्मा यत्र वर्तते नास्ति व्याधिभयं तत्र नावृष्टिभयमप्युत

Transliteration

śvaphalkaś ca mahārājo dharmātmā yatra vartate nāsti vyādhibhayaṃ tatra nāvṛṣṭibhayamapyuta

Translation

Là où demeure le grand roi Śvaphalka—âme établie dans le dharma—il n’est point de crainte de maladie ; ni même de crainte de sécheresse. Telle est la puissance protectrice de l’ordre juste, soutenu par la bhakti envers Pati (Śiva), qui desserre les liens (pāśa) se manifestant en souffrance collective.

Word by Word

• śvaphalkaḥ: Śvaphalka

• ca: and

• mahārājaḥ: great king

• dharmātmā: one whose very nature is dharma/righteousness

• yatra: where

• vartate: dwells/prevails

• na asti: there is not

• vyādhi-bhayam: fear of disease

• tatra: there

• na-avṛṣṭi-bhayam: fear of lack of rain/drought

• api: even/also

• uta: indeed/further

Speaker

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