Shloka 16

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तेन निहन्तव्या नान्यैः शस्त्रशतैरपि ततो निशम्य तेषां वै वचनं वारिजेक्षणः

Transliteration

tasmāttena nihantavyā nānyaiḥ śastraśatairapi tato niśamya teṣāṃ vai vacanaṃ vārijekṣaṇaḥ

Translation

« C'est pourquoi il doit être tué par ce moyen même, et par aucun autre, pas même par des centaines d'armes. » Ayant entendu ces paroles, celui aux yeux de lotus réfléchit et accepta le conseil.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore

• tena: by that (very means/weapon)

• nihantavyā: is to be slain/should be killed

• na: not

• anyaiḥ: by other (means)

• śastra-śataiḥ: by hundreds of weapons

• api: even

• tataḥ: then/thereupon

• niśamya: having heard

• teṣām: of them

• vai: indeed

• vacanam: statement/words

• vāri-ja-īkṣaṇaḥ: the lotus-eyed one (epithet of a divine hero, typically Viṣṇu or a radiant deva).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the internal counsel within the story)