Shloka 65

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

Devanagari script

किं कृत्यमिति संतप्तः संतप्तान्सेन्द्रकान्क्षणम् कथं तु तेषां दैत्यानां बलं हत्वा प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

kiṃ kṛtyamiti saṃtaptaḥ saṃtaptānsendrakānkṣaṇam kathaṃ tu teṣāṃ daityānāṃ balaṃ hatvā prayatnataḥ

Translation

“ਹੁਣ ਕੀ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੈ?” ਇਸ ਤਪਸ਼ ਭਰੀ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਉਹ ਇੰਦਰ-ਅਗਵਾਈ ਵਾਲੇ ਦੁਖੀ ਦੇਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਸੋਚਣ ਲੱਗੇ—“ਯਤਨ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੈਤਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਨਾਸ ਕਰੀਏ?”

Word by Word

• किम् (kim): what?

• कृत्यम् (kṛtyam): duty, what should be done

• इति (iti): thus

• संतप्तः (saṁtaptaḥ): afflicted, distressed

• संतप्तान् (saṁtaptān): the distressed ones

• सेन्द्रकान् (sendrakān): those with Indra (the gods led by Indra)

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam): for a moment

• कथम् (katham): how

• तु (tu): indeed

• तेषाम् (teṣām): of them

• दैत्यानाम् (daityānām): of the Daityas (demons)

• बलम् (balam): power, strength

• हत्वा (hatvā): having slain/struck down

• प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ): with effort, by deliberate endeavor

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode; internal thought of a leading deva/strategist is reported)