Shloka 40
Adhyaya 71: पुरत्रयवृत्तान्तः—ब्रह्मवरदानम्, मयकृतत्रिपुर-निर्माणम्, विष्णुमाया-धर्मविघ्नः, शिवस्तुति, त्रिपुरदाहोपक्रमः
Devanagari script
सो ऽपि नारायणः श्रीमान् चिन्तयामास चेतसा किं कार्यं देवकार्येषु भगवानिति स प्रभुः
Transliteration
so 'pi nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmān cintayāmāsa cetasā kiṃ kāryaṃ devakāryeṣu bhagavāniti sa prabhuḥ
Translation
तब श्रीमान् नारायण प्रभु ने मन में विचार किया—“देवताओं के कार्य की सिद्धि हेतु अब कौन-सा उपाय करना चाहिए?”
Word by Word
saḥ apihe too
saḥ api:
nārāyaṇaḥNārāyaṇa (Viṣṇu)
nārāyaṇaḥ:
śrīmānillustrious, endowed with auspiciousness
śrīmān:
cintayāmāsareflected, deliberated
cintayāmāsa:
cetasāwith the mind/heart
cetasā:
kimwhat
kim:
kāryamto be done, duty, action
kāryam:
deva-kāryeṣuin the affairs/tasks of the gods
deva-kāryeṣu:
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
itithus
iti:
saḥhe
saḥ:
prabhuḥthe sovereign, lord
prabhuḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating; internal thought of Narayana)