ध्रुवं ततो मे कृतदेवहेलनाद् दुरत्ययं व्यसनं नातिदीर्घात् । तदस्तु कामं ह्यघनिष्कृताय मे यथा न कुर्यां पुनरेवमद्धा ॥ २ ॥
dhruvam tato me krta-deva-helanad duratyayam vyasanam nati-dirghat tad astu kamam hy agha-niskrtaya me yatha na kuryam punar evam addha
- dhruvam
- sure and certain
- tatah
- therefore
- me
- my
- krta-deva-helanat
- because of disobeying the orders of the Lord
- duratyayam
- very difficult
- vyasanam
- calamity
- na
- not
- ati
- greatly
- dirghat
- far off
- tat
- that
- astu
- let it be
- kamam
- desire without reservations
- hi
- certainly
- agha
- sins
- niskrtaya
- for getting free
- me
- my
- yatha
- so that
- na
- never
- kuryam
- shall I do it
- punah
- again
- evam
- as I have done
- addha
- directly
(King Pariksit thought: ) Due to my neglecting the injunctions of the Supreme Lord I must certainly expect some difficulty to overcome me in the near future. I now desire without reservation that the calamity come now, for in this way I may be freed of the sinful action and not commit such an offense again.