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

«Ergui-me para levar-te—de fato, num instante—ao reino de Yama. Como o tempo de vida que te foi destinado chegou ao fim, por isso, ó sábio, estou aqui, pronto para conduzir-te.»

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)