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

“Oleh itu, dia mesti dibunuh dengan cara itu sahaja—bukan dengan ratusan senjata lain.” Setelah mendengar kata-kata mereka, Dia yang bermata teratai (Vishnu) merenung dan menerima nasihat tersebut.

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)