क्रूरस्त्वमक्रूरसमाख्यया स्म न- श्चक्षुर्हि दत्तं हरसे बताज्ञवत् । येनैकदेशेऽखिलसर्गसौष्ठवं त्वदीयमद्राक्ष्म वयं मधुद्विष: ॥ २१ ॥
krūras tvam akrūra-samākhyayā sma naś cakṣur hi dattaṁ harase batājña-vat yenaika-deśe ’khila-sarga-sauṣṭhavaṁ tvadīyam adrākṣma vayaṁ madhu-dviṣaḥ
- krūraḥ
- cruel
- tvam
- you (are)
- akrūra-samākhyayā
- by the name Akrūra (which means “not cruel”)
- sma
- certainly
- naḥ
- our
- cakṣuḥ
- eyes
- hi
- indeed
- dattam
- given
- harase
- you are taking
- bata
- alas
- ajña
- a fool
- vat
- just like
- yena
- with which (eyes)
- eka
- in one
- deśe
- place
- akhila
- of all
- sarga
- the creation
- sauṣṭhavam
- the perfection
- tvadīyam
- your
- adrākṣma
- have seen
- vayam
- we
- madhudviṣaḥ
- of Lord Kṛṣṇa, enemy of the demon Madhu
O Providence, though you come here with the name Akrūra, you are indeed cruel, for like a fool you are taking away what you once gave us — those eyes with which we have seen, even in one feature of Lord Madhudviṣa’s form, the perfection of your entire creation.