Shloka 9

श्वेतमुनिना कालस्य निग्रहः (मृत्युञ्जय-भक्ति-प्रसादः)

Devanagari script

नेतुं यस्योत्थितश्चाहं यमलोकं क्षणेन वै यस्माद्गतायुस्त्वं तस्मान् मुने नेतुमिहोद्यतः

Transliteration

netuṃ yasyotthitaścāhaṃ yamalokaṃ kṣaṇena vai yasmādgatāyustvaṃ tasmān mune netumihodyataḥ

Translation

“ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਇਕ ਪਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਯਮਲੋਕ ਲੈ ਜਾਣ ਲਈ ਉੱਠਿਆ ਹਾਂ। ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਆਯੁ ਮੁੱਕ ਗਈ ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਹੇ ਮੁਨੀ, ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਜਾਣ ਨੂੰ ਤਿਆਰ ਹਾਂ।”

Word by Word

• netum: to lead away/take

• yasya: whom/for whom

• utthitaḥ: risen/stood up

• ca: and

• aham: I

• yamalokam: to the world of Yama (lord of death)

• kṣaṇena: in an instant

• vai: indeed

• yasmāt: because/since

• gata-āyuḥ: one whose lifespan has departed/ended

• tvam: you

• tasmāt: therefore

• mune: O sage

• netum: to take/lead

• iha: here

• udyataḥ: ready/prepared

Speaker

Yama-dūta (messenger of Yama)