तं तथाव्यसनं दृष्ट्वा भगवान् वृजिनार्दन: । दूरात् प्रत्युदियाद् भूत्वा बटुको योगमायया ॥ २७ ॥ मेखलाजिनदण्डाक्षैस्तेजसाग्निरिव ज्वलन् । अभिवादयामास च तं कुशपाणिर्विनीतवत् ॥ २८ ॥
taṁ tathā vyasanaṁ dṛṣṭvā bhagavān vṛjinārdanaḥ dūrāt pratyudiyād bhūtvā baṭuko yoga-māyayā mekhalājina-daṇḍākṣais tejasāgnir iva jvalan abhivādayām āsa ca taṁ kuśa-pāṇir vinīta-vat
- tam
- that
- tathā
- thus
- vyasanam
- danger
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- vṛjina
- of distress
- ardanaḥ
- the eradicator
- dūrāt
- from a distance
- pratyudiyāt
- he came before (Vṛkāsura)
- bhūtvā
- becoming
- baṭukaḥ
- a young brāhmaṇa student
- yoga-māyayā
- by the mystic power of His internal energy
- mekhala
- with a student’s belt
- ajina
- deerskin
- daṇḍa
- rod
- akṣaiḥ
- and prayer beads
- tejasā
- by His effulgence
- agniḥ iva
- like fire
- jvalan
- glowing
- abhivādayām āsa
- He respectfully greeted
- ca
- and
- tam
- him
- kuśa-pāṇiḥ
- with kuśa grass in His hands
- vinīta-vat
- in a humble manner
The Supreme Lord, who relieves His devotees’ distress, had seen from afar that Lord Śiva was in danger. Thus by His mystic Yoga-māyā potency He assumed the form of a brahmacārī student, with the appropriate belt, deerskin, rod and prayer beads, and came before Vṛkāsura. The Lord’s effulgence glowed brilliantly like fire. Holding kuśa grass in His hand, He humbly greeted the demon.