भगवाञ्ज्ञातसर्वार्थ ईश्वरोऽपि तदन्यथा । कर्तुं नैच्छद् विप्रशापं कालरूप्यन्वमोदत ॥ २४ ॥
bhagavān jñāta-sarvārtha īśvaro ’pi tad-anyathā kartuṁ naicchad vipra-śāpaṁ kāla-rūpy anvamodata
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- jñāta
- knowing
- sarva-arthaḥ
- the meaning of everything
- īśvaraḥ
- quite capable
- api
- although
- tat-anyathā
- otherwise
- kartum
- to make
- na aicchat
- He did not desire
- vipra-śāpam
- the brāhmaṇas’ curse
- kāla-rūpī
- exhibiting His form of time
- anvamodata
- He gladly sanctioned
Knowing fully the significance of all these events, the Supreme Lord, though capable of reversing the brāhmaṇas’ curse, did not wish to do so. Rather, in His form of time, He gladly sanctioned the events.