Shloka 7

विनायकोत्पत्तिः / ताण्डव-प्रसङ्गः (दारुक-वधः, काली-उत्पत्तिः, क्षेत्रपालोत्पत्तिः)

Devanagari script

दारुणो भगवान्दारुः पूर्वं तेन विनिर्जिताः निहत्य दारुकं दैत्यं स्त्रीवध्यं त्रातुमर्हसि

Transliteration

dāruṇo bhagavāndāruḥ pūrvaṃ tena vinirjitāḥ nihatya dārukaṃ daityaṃ strīvadhyaṃ trātumarhasi

Translation

Ó Bhagavān, ó Senhor terrível chamado “Dāru”, outrora fomos subjugados por ele. Tendo abatido o daitya Dāruka, deves proteger as mulheres marcadas para o sacrifício da morte.

Word by Word

• दारुणः: fierce, terrible

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord (Pati, the Supreme)

• दारुः: Dāru (a name/epithet used here, also indicating the formidable one)

• पूर्वम्: formerly

• तेन: by him

• विनिर्जिताः: defeated, subdued

• निहत्य: having slain

• दारुकम्: Dāruka

• दैत्यम्: demon, asuric being

• स्त्री-वध्यम्: women destined for killing / those to be slain

• त्रातुम्: to protect, to save

• अर्हसि: you should, you are fit to

Speaker

Afflicted women (or their representatives) petitioning the Lord within Suta’s narration