परिभूत इमां गाथामगायत नराधमै: । पातयद्भि: स्व धर्मस्थो धृतिमास्थाय सात्त्विकीम् ॥ ४१ ॥
paribhūta imāṁ gāthām agāyata narādhamaiḥ pātayadbhiḥ sva dharma-stho dhṛtim āsthāya sāttvikīm
- paribhūtaḥ
- insulted
- imām
- this
- gāthām
- song
- agāyata
- he sang
- nara-adhamaiḥ
- by low-class men
- pātayadbhiḥ
- who were trying to make him fall down
- sva-dharma
- in his own duty
- sthaḥ
- remaining firm
- dhṛtim
- his resolution
- āsthāya
- fixing
- sāttvikīm
- in the mode of goodness
Even while being insulted by these low-class men who were trying to effect his downfall, he remained steady in his spiritual duties. Fixing his resolution in the mode of goodness, he began to chant the following song.