Shloka 69

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

Devanagari script

तस्मादवध्यतां प्राप्ता नान्यथा द्विजपुङ्गवाः कृत्वापि सुमहत्पापं रुद्रमभ्यर्चयन्ति ये

Transliteration

tasmādavadhyatāṃ prāptā nānyathā dvijapuṅgavāḥ kṛtvāpi sumahatpāpaṃ rudramabhyarcayanti ye

Translation

それゆえ、ああ二度生まれの中の最勝者よ、ルドラを礼拝する者は不可侵の守護を得る—他に道はない。たとえ甚大な罪を犯していても、ルドラへの崇敬に帰依すれば護られる。主なるパティは恩寵によって、パシュ（魂）を縛るパーシャ（束縛）をゆるめ給うからである。

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore

• अवध्यताम्: the state of being not to be slain/inviolability

• प्राप्ताः: having attained

• न: not

• अन्यथा: otherwise/by any other means

• द्विजपुङ्गवाः: O best among the twice-born (brahmins)

• कृत्वा अपि: even having done

• सुमहत्: very great

• पापम्: sin

• रुद्रम्: Rudra (Shiva)

• अभ्यर्चयन्ति: worship/adorate with reverence

• ये: those who

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)