अक्षै: सभायां क्रीडन्तं भगवन्तं भयातुरा: । त्राहि त्राहि त्रिलोकेश वह्ने: प्रदहत: पुरम् ॥ ३६ ॥
akṣaiḥ sabhāyāṁ krīḍantaṁ bhagavantaṁ bhayāturāḥ trāhi trāhi tri-lokeśa vahneḥ pradahataḥ puram
- akṣaiḥ
- with dice
- sabhāyām
- in the royal court
- krīḍantam
- playing
- bhagavantam
- to the Personality of Godhead
- bhaya
- with fear
- āturāḥ
- agitated
- trāhi trāhi
- (they said) “Save us! Save us!”
- tri
- three
- loka
- of the worlds
- īśa
- O Lord
- vahneḥ
- from the fire
- pradahataḥ
- which is burning up
- puram
- the city
Distraught with fear, the people cried out to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was then playing at dice in the royal court: “Save us! Save us, O Lord of the three worlds, from this fire burning up the city!”