श्रीभगवानुवाच चरिष्ये वधनिर्वेशं लोकानुग्रहकाम्यया । नियम: प्रथमे कल्पे यावान् स तु विधीयताम् ॥ ३३ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca cariṣye vadha-nirveśaṁ lokānugraha-kāmyayā niyamaḥ prathame kalpe yāvān sa tu vidhīyatām
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the Supreme Lord said
- cariṣye
- I will execute
- vadha
- for the killing
- nirveśam
- atonement
- loka
- for the people in general
- anugraha
- compassion
- kāmyayā
- desiring to show
- niyamaḥ
- the regulative injunction
- prathame
- in the primary
- kalpe
- ritual
- yāvān
- as much
- saḥ
- that
- tu
- indeed
- vidhīyatām
- please prescribe
The Personality of Godhead said: I will certainly perform the atonement for this killing, since I wish to show compassion to the people in general. Please, therefore, prescribe for Me whatever ritual is to be done first.