देवं स वव्रे पापीयान् वरं भूतभयावहम् । यस्य यस्य करं शीर्ष्णि धास्ये स म्रियतामिति ॥ २१ ॥
devaṁ sa vavre pāpīyān varaṁ bhūta-bhayāvaham yasya yasya karaṁ śīrṣṇi dhāsye sa mriyatām iti
- devam
- from the lord
- saḥ
- he
- vavre
- chose
- pāpīyān
- the sinful demon
- varam
- a benediction
- bhūta
- to all living beings
- bhaya
- fear
- āvaham
- bringing
- yasya yasya
- of whomever
- karam
- my hand
- śīrṣṇi
- on the head
- dhāsye
- I place
- saḥ
- he
- mriyatām
- should die
- iti
- thus
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] The benediction sinful Vṛka chose from the lord would terrify all living beings. Vṛka said, “May death come to whomever I touch upon the head with my hand.”