Shloka 31
श्वेतमुनिना कालस्य निग्रहः (मृत्युञ्जय-भक्ति-प्रसादः)
Devanagari script
केन वा तपसा देव यज्ञेनाप्यथ केन वा व्रतैर्वा भगवद्भक्ता भविष्यन्ति द्विजातयः
Transliteration
kena vā tapasā deva yajñenāpyatha kena vā vratairvā bhagavadbhaktā bhaviṣyanti dvijātayaḥ
Translation
ข้าแต่เทวะ ด้วยตบะใด หรือด้วยยัญญะใด หรือด้วยวรตะใด ชนผู้เกิดสองครั้งจักเป็นภักตะแห่งพระผู้เป็นเจ้า—ผู้เป็นปศุปติ ผู้เป็นปติที่ปลดปล่อยปศุ-ชีวะผู้ถูกพันธนาการจากปาศะ?
Word by Word
केन (kena)by what/through what means
केन (kena):
वा (vā)or
वा (vā):
तपसा (tapasā)by austerity, ascetic heat
तपसा (tapasā):
देव (deva)O God/O Deva
देव (deva):
यज्ञेन (yajñena)by sacrifice, Vedic rite
यज्ञेन (yajñena):
अपि (api)also/even
अपि (api):
अथ (atha)then/and
अथ (atha):
केन (kena)by what
केन (kena):
वा (vā)or
वा (vā):
व्रतैः (vrataiḥ)by vows/observances
व्रतैः (vrataiḥ):
वा (vā)or
वा (vā):
भगवद्-भक्ताः (bhagavad-bhaktāḥ)devotees of the Lord
भगवद्-भक्ताः (bhagavad-bhaktāḥ):
भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti)will become
भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti):
द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ)the twice-born (Brahmin/Kshatriya/Vaishya)
द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ):
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating an internal inquiry addressed to Deva/Shiva within the chapter’s dialogue)