Shloka 16

Adhyaya 87 — Saṃsāra-viṣa-kathana: Ājñā-śakti, Māyā-bandha, and Mokṣa by Prasāda

Devanagari script

प्रसादेन क्षणान्मुक्तिः प्रतिज्ञैषा न संशयः गर्भस्थो जायमानो वा बालो वा तरुणो ऽपि वा

Transliteration

prasādena kṣaṇānmuktiḥ pratijñaiṣā na saṃśayaḥ garbhastho jāyamāno vā bālo vā taruṇo 'pi vā

Translation

فضل و کرم سے ایک لمحے میں نجات—یہ رب کی قسم/وعدہ ہے، اس میں شک نہیں۔ خواہ وہ رحم میں ہو، پیدا ہو رہا ہو، بچہ ہو یا جوان بھی ہو۔

Word by Word

• प्रसादेन: by grace (divine favor)

• क्षणात्: in a moment/instantly

• मुक्तिः: liberation (release of the paśu from pāśa)

• प्रतिज्ञा: solemn vow/pledge

• एषा: this

• न: not

• संशयः: doubt

• गर्भस्थः: abiding in the womb

• जायमानः: being born

• वा: or

• बालः: a child

• तरुणः: a youth

• अपि: even/also

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s teaching to the sages, conveying the doctrine of Shiva’s saving grace)