इति मूढ: प्रतिज्ञाय देवं पशुपतिं प्रभुम् । आराधयामास नृप: पांशुमुष्टिं सकृद्ग्रसन् ॥ ४ ॥
iti mūḍhaḥ pratijñāya devaṁ paśu-patiṁ prabhum ārādhayām āsa nṛpaḥ pāṁśu-muṣṭiṁ sakṛd grasan
- iti
- with these words
- mūḍhaḥ
- the fool
- pratijñāya
- having vowed
- devam
- the lord
- paśu-patim
- Śiva, the protector of animallike men
- prabhum
- his master
- āradhayām āsa
- worshiped
- nṛpaḥ
- the King
- pāṁśu
- of dust
- muṣṭim
- a handful
- sakṛt
- once (daily)
- grasan
- eating
Having thus made his vow, the foolish King proceeded to worship Lord Paśupati [Śiva] as his deity by eating a handful of dust each day, and nothing more.