मुक्तं गिरिशमभ्याह भगवान् पुरुषोत्तम: । अहो देव महादेव पापोऽयं स्वेन पाप्मना ॥ ३८ ॥ हत: को नु महत्स्वीश जन्तुर्वै कृतकिल्बिष: । क्षेमी स्यात् किमु विश्वेशे कृतागस्को जगद्गुरौ ॥ ३९ ॥
muktaṁ giriśam abhyāha bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ aho deva mahā-deva pāpo ’yaṁ svena pāpmanā hataḥ ko nu mahatsv īśa jantur vai kṛta-kilbiṣaḥ kṣemī syāt kim u viśveśe kṛtāgasko jagad-gurau
- muktam
- delivered
- giriśam
- Lord Śiva
- abhyāha
- addressed
- bhagavān puruṣa-uttamaḥ
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Nārāyaṇa)
- aho
- ah
- deva
- My dear lord
- mahā-deva
- Śiva
- pāpaḥ
- sinful
- ayam
- this person
- svena
- by his own
- pāpmanā
- sins
- hataḥ
- killed
- kaḥ
- what
- nu
- indeed
- mahatsu
- toward elevated saints
- īśa
- O master
- jantuḥ
- living being
- vai
- indeed
- kṛta
- having done
- kilbiṣaḥ
- offense
- kṣemī
- fortunate
- syāt
- can be
- kim u
- what to speak, moreover
- viśva
- of the universe
- īśe
- against the lord (you)
- kṛta-āgaskaḥ
- having committed offense
- jagat
- of the universe
- gurau
- the spiritual master
The Supreme Personality of Godhead then addressed Lord Giriśa, who was now out of danger: “Just see, O Mahādeva, My lord, how this wicked man has been killed by his own sinful reactions. Indeed, what living being can hope for good fortune if he offends exalted saints, what to speak of offending the lord and spiritual master of the universe?”