सुदक्षिणस्तस्य सुत: कृत्वा संस्थाविधिं पते: । निहत्य पितृहन्तारं यास्याम्यपचितिं पितु: ॥ २७ ॥ इत्यात्मनाभिसन्धाय सोपाध्यायो महेश्वरम् । सुदक्षिणोऽर्चयामास परमेण समाधिना ॥ २८ ॥
sudakṣiṇas tasya sutaḥ kṛtvā saṁsthā-vidhiṁ pateḥ nihatya pitṛ-hantāraṁ yāsyāmy apacitiṁ pituḥ ity ātmanābhisandhāya sopādhyāyo maheśvaram su-dakṣiṇo ’rcayām āsa parameṇa samādhinā
- sudakṣiṇaḥ
- named Sudakṣiṇa
- tasya
- his (Kāśirāja’s)
- sutaḥ
- son
- kṛtvā
- executing
- saṁsthā-vidhim
- the funeral rituals
- pateḥ
- of his father
- nihatya
- by killing
- pitṛ
- of my father
- hantāram
- the killer
- yāsyāmi
- I will achieve
- apacitim
- revenge
- pituḥ
- for my father
- iti
- thus
- ātmanā
- with his intelligence
- abhisandhāya
- deciding
- sa
- with
- upādhyāyaḥ
- priests
- mahā-īśvaram
- the great Lord Śiva
- su-dakṣiṇaḥ
- being very charitable
- arcayām āsa
- he worshiped
- parameṇa
- with great
- samādhinā
- attention
After the King’s son Sudakṣiṇa had performed the obligatory funeral rituals for his father, he resolved within his mind: “Only by killing my father’s murderer can I avenge his death.” Thus the charitable Sudakṣiṇa, together with his priests, began worshiping Lord Maheśvara with great attention.