इति धर्मं महीं चैव सान्त्वयित्वा महारथ: । निशातमाददे खड्गं कलयेऽधर्महेतवे ॥ २८ ॥
iti dharmam mahim caiva santvayitva maha-rathah nisatam adade khadgam kalaye ’dharma-hetave
- iti
- thus
- dharmam
- the personality of religion
- mahim
- the earth
- ca
- also
- eva
- as
- santvayitva
- after pacifying
- maha-rathah
- the general who could fight alone with thousands of enemies
- nisatam
- sharp
- adade
- took up
- khadgam
- sword
- kalaye
- to kill the personified Kali
- adharma
- irreligion
- hetave
- the root cause.
Maharaja Pariksit, who could fight one thousand enemies single-handedly, thus pacified the personality of religion and the earth. Then he took up his sharp sword to kill the personality of Kali, who is the cause of all irreligion.