अजानन्त: प्रतिविधिं तूष्णीमासन् सुरेश्वरा: । ततो वैकुण्ठमगमद् भास्वरं तमस: परम् ॥ २५ ॥ यत्र नारायण: साक्षान्न्यासिनां परमो गति: । शान्तानां न्यस्तदण्डानां यतो नावर्तते गत: ॥ २६ ॥
ajānantaḥ prati-vidhiṁ tūṣṇīm āsan sureśvarāḥ tato vaikuṇṭham agamad bhāsvaraṁ tamasaḥ param yatra nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣān nyāsināṁ paramo gatiḥ śāntānāṁ nyasta-daṇḍānāṁ yato nāvartate gataḥ
- ajānantaḥ
- not knowing
- prati-vidhim
- counteraction
- tūṣṇīm
- silent
- āsan
- remained
- sura
- of the demigods
- īśvarāḥ
- the lords
- tataḥ
- then
- vaikuṇṭham
- to Vaikuṇṭha, the kingdom of God
- agamat
- he came
- bhāsvaram
- luminous
- tamasaḥ
- darkness
- param
- beyond
- yatra
- where
- nārāyaṇaḥ
- Nārāyaṇa
- sākṣāt
- directly visible
- nyāsinām
- of sannyāsīs
- paramaḥ
- the Supreme Lord
- gatiḥ
- goal
- śāntānām
- who are peaceful
- nyasta
- who have renounced
- daṇḍānām
- violence
- yataḥ
- from which
- na āvartate
- one does not return
- gataḥ
- having gone
The great demigods could only remain silent, not knowing how to counteract the benediction. Then Lord Śiva reached the luminous realm of Vaikuṇṭha, beyond all darkness, where the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa is manifest. That realm is the destination of renunciants who have attained peace and given up all violence against other creatures. Going there, one never returns.