Shloka 8
श्वेतमुनिना कालस्य निग्रहः (मृत्युञ्जय-भक्ति-प्रसादः)
Devanagari script
कः समर्थः परित्रातुं मया ग्रस्तं द्विजोत्तम अनेन मम किं विप्र रौद्रेण विधिना प्रभोः
Transliteration
kaḥ samarthaḥ paritrātuṃ mayā grastaṃ dvijottama anena mama kiṃ vipra raudreṇa vidhinā prabhoḥ
Translation
“โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะ ผู้ใดเล่าจะช่วยผู้ที่เรากลืนไว้แล้วได้? และโอ้พราหมณ์ เราจะทำสิ่งใดได้ต่อหน้าบัญญัติอันดุดันของพระผู้เป็นเจ้า—รุทระ?”
Word by Word
कः (kaḥ)who
कः (kaḥ):
समर्थः (samarthaḥ)capable, competent
समर्थः (samarthaḥ):
परित्रातुम् (paritrātum)to rescue, to protect fully
परित्रातुम् (paritrātum):
मया (mayā)by me
मया (mayā):
ग्रस्तम् (grastam)seized, swallowed, overpowered
ग्रस्तम् (grastam):
द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama)O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama):
अनेन (anena)by this, against this
अनेन (anena):
मम (mama)for me, of me
मम (mama):
किम् (kim)what (can be done)
किम् (kim):
विप्र (vipra)O brāhmaṇa
विप्र (vipra):
रौद्रेण (raudreṇa)by/with the fierce (Rudra’s)
रौद्रेण (raudreṇa):
विधिना (vidhinā)ordinance, rule, decree
विधिना (vidhinā):
प्रभोः (prabhoḥ)of the Lord (the Master, Śiva/Rudra)
प्रभोः (prabhoḥ):
Speaker
An unnamed afflicting power/agent (a personified force of bondage or calamity) speaking to a Brahmin (dvijottama/vipra) within Suta’s narration