Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

दैत्येश्वरैर्महाभागैः सदारैः ससुतैर्द्विजाः श्रौतस्मार्तार्थधर्मज्ञैस् तद्धर्मनिरतैः सदा

Transliteration

daityeśvarairmahābhāgaiḥ sadāraiḥ sasutairdvijāḥ śrautasmārtārthadharmajñais taddharmanirataiḥ sadā

Translation

दैत्येषु ये महाभागा दैत्येश्वराः सदाराः ससुताश्च, हे द्विजाः, ते श्रुतिस्मृत्युक्तधर्मार्थतत्त्वज्ञाः सदा तद्धर्मानुष्ठाने निरताः आसन्।

Word by Word

• दैत्येश्वरैः: by the lords of the Daityas

• महाभागैः: by the greatly fortunate/noble ones

• सदारैः: together with (their) wives

• ससुतैः: together with (their) sons

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (Brāhmaṇas)

• श्रौत: based on Śruti/Vedic injunctions

• स्मार्त: based on Smṛti/traditional law

• अर्थ: proper aims/means (right conduct, worldly order)

• धर्मज्ञैः: by those who know dharma

• तद्-धर्म-निरतैः: devoted to those duties

• सदा: always

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages at Naimisharanya)