Shloka 175

देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च

Devanagari script

क्षमा युधि न कार्यं वै योद्धुं देवारिसूदन अनागते व्यतीते च दौर्बल्ये स्वजनोत्करे

Transliteration

kṣamā yudhi na kāryaṃ vai yoddhuṃ devārisūdana anāgate vyatīte ca daurbalye svajanotkare

Translation

噢，诛灭诸天之敌者，在战阵之中不当施以宽恕；当奋起而战——无论危难未至或已过——尤当在软弱显现、己方族众陷于险厄与苦难之时。

Word by Word

• kṣamā: forgiveness/forbearance

• yudhi: in battle/war

• na: not

• kāryā: to be done/fit to be practiced

• vai: indeed

• yoddhum: to fight

• devāri-sūdana: O destroyer of the foes of the devas

• anāgate: in what has not yet come/future danger

• vyatīte: in what has passed/after it has occurred

• ca: and

• daurbalye: in weakness/feebleness

• svajana: one’s own people/kinsmen

• utkare: in rising peril/uproar/being overwhelmed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating teachings on dharma and conduct within the Linga Purana’s discourse)