Shloka 65

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

Devanagari script

किं कृत्यमिति संतप्तः संतप्तान्सेन्द्रकान्क्षणम् कथं तु तेषां दैत्यानां बलं हत्वा प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

kiṃ kṛtyamiti saṃtaptaḥ saṃtaptānsendrakānkṣaṇam kathaṃ tu teṣāṃ daityānāṃ balaṃ hatvā prayatnataḥ

Translation

ด้วยความร้อนรุ่มว่า “บัดนี้ควรทำสิ่งใด?” พระองค์ทอดพระเนตรเหล่าเทวะผู้ทุกข์โศกมีพระอินทร์เป็นผู้นำ แล้วทรงดำริว่า “จะทำลายกำลังของเหล่าไทตยะนั้นด้วยความเพียรได้อย่างไร?”

Word by Word

• किम् (kim): what?

• कृत्यम् (kṛtyam): duty, what should be done

• इति (iti): thus

• संतप्तः (saṁtaptaḥ): afflicted, distressed

• संतप्तान् (saṁtaptān): the distressed ones

• सेन्द्रकान् (sendrakān): those with Indra (the gods led by Indra)

• क्षणम् (kṣaṇam): for a moment

• कथम् (katham): how

• तु (tu): indeed

• तेषाम् (teṣām): of them

• दैत्यानाम् (daityānām): of the Daityas (demons)

• बलम् (balam): power, strength

• हत्वा (hatvā): having slain/struck down

• प्रयत्नतः (prayatnataḥ): with effort, by deliberate endeavor

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the episode; internal thought of a leading deva/strategist is reported)