चोदितो विप्रवाक्येन न त्वां धक्ष्यति तक्षक: । मृत्यवो नोपधक्ष्यन्ति मृत्यूनां मृत्युमीश्वरम् ॥ १० ॥
codito vipra-vākyena na tvāṁ dhakṣyati takṣakaḥ mṛtyavo nopadhakṣyanti mṛtyūnāṁ mṛtyum īśvaram
- coditaḥ
- sent
- vipra-vākyena
- by the words of the brāhmaṇa
- na
- not
- tvām
- you
- dhakṣyati
- will burn
- takṣakaḥ
- the snake-bird Takṣaka
- mṛtyavaḥ
- the agents of death personified
- na upadhakṣyanti
- cannot burn
- mṛtyūnām
- of these causes of death
- mṛtyum
- the very death
- īśvaram
- the master of the self
The snake-bird Takṣaka, sent by the curse of the brāhmaṇa, will not burn your true self. The agents of death will never burn such a master of the self as you, for you have already conquered all dangers on your path back to Godhead.