अथ सर्पाकृतिं मां च दुःखेन महतान्वितम् । तटस्थं भयसंत्रस्तं तथा सर्वजनं तदा
atha sarpākṛtiṃ māṃ ca duḥkhena mahatānvitam | taṭasthaṃ bhayasaṃtrastaṃ tathā sarvajanaṃ tadā
پھر اُس نے مجھے سانپ کی صورت میں دیکھا، بڑے غم میں ڈوبا ہوا، خوف سے لرزتا ہوا کنارے پر الگ کھڑا، اور اسی وقت تمام لوگوں کو بھی دہشت زدہ پایا۔
Narrator
Scene: A sorrow-stricken being appears in serpent-form, standing aside in fear, while the gathered people recoil in terror.
Adharmic outcomes affect not only the doer but also the community, becoming a cautionary spectacle that reinforces dharma.
Not specified in this verse; the tīrtha setting is implicit from the Tīrthamāhātmya section.
None; the verse is descriptive of the fearful scene.