Shloka 12

शरभप्रादुर्भावो नाम षण्णवतितमोऽध्यायः (जलन्धरविमर्दनम्)

Devanagari script

अवध्यत्वम् अपि श्रुत्वा तथान्यैर् भगनेत्रहा ब्रह्मणो वचनं रक्षन् रक्षको जगतां प्रभुः

Transliteration

avadhyatvam api śrutvā tathānyair bhaganetrahā brahmaṇo vacanaṃ rakṣan rakṣako jagatāṃ prabhuḥ

Translation

たとえ「討たれることはない」と聞き、また他者からも同じ言葉を聞いたとしても、バガの眼を砕く者バガネートラハー（シヴァ）—諸世界の主—はブラフマーの言を守り、万有の護り手・守護者としてとどまった。

Word by Word

• अवध्यत्वम्: inviolability / being not to be slain

• अपि: even

• श्रुत्वा: having heard

• तथा: likewise

• अन्यैः: by others

• भगनेत्रहा: ‘slayer of Bhaga’s eye’ (epithet of Śiva)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā

• वचनम्: command, decree, word

• रक्षन्: protecting, upholding

• रक्षकः: protector, guardian

• जगताम्: of the worlds / of all beings

• प्रभुः: Lord, sovereign (Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s account to the sages, with reference to Shiva’s act)