Shloka 66

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

Devanagari script

देवकार्यं करिष्यामि प्रसादात्परमेष्ठिनः पापं विचारतो नास्ति धर्मिष्ठानां न संशयः

Transliteration

devakāryaṃ kariṣyāmi prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ pāpaṃ vicārato nāsti dharmiṣṭhānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“Pela graça de Parameṣṭhin (o Senhor supremo), realizarei a obra dos deuses. Para os firmes no dharma, quando se examina segundo a verdade, nenhum pecado surge—disso não há dúvida.”

Word by Word

• देवकार्यं: the divine task / work of the Devas

• करिष्यामि: I will do, I shall accomplish

• प्रसादात्: by grace, through favor

• परमेṣ्ठिनः: of Parameṣṭhin (the Supreme Lord / Highest Being)

• पापं: sin, demerit

• विचारतः: upon reflection, by right discernment

• नास्ति: does not exist, does not arise

• धर्मिष्ठानाम्: of the righteous, of those firmly grounded in dharma

• न संशयः: no doubt, no uncertainty

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the puranic dialogue; verse expresses the resolve of a dharmic agent acting under divine sanction)