कामं दहन्ति कृतिनो ननु रोषदृष्टया रोषं दहन्तमुत ते न दहन्त्यसह्यम् । सोऽयं यदन्तरमलं प्रविशन् बिभेति काम: कथं नु पुनरस्य मन: श्रयेत ॥ ७ ॥
kamam dahanti krtino nanu rosa-drstya rosam dahantam uta te na dahanty asahyam so ’yam yad antaram alam pravisan bibheti kamah katham nu punar asya manah srayeta
- kamam
- lust
- dahanti
- chastise
- krtinah
- great stalwarts
- nanu
- but
- rosa-drstya
- by wrathful glance
- rosam
- wrath
- dahantam
- being overwhelmed
- uta
- although
- te
- they
- na
- cannot
- dahanti
- subjugate
- asahyam
- intolerable
- sah
- that
- ayam
- Him
- yat
- because
- antaram
- within
- alam
- however
- pravisan
- entering
- bibheti
- is afraid of
- kamah
- lust
- katham
- how
- nu
- as a matter of fact
- punah
- again
- asya
- His
- manah
- mind
- srayeta
- take shelter of
Great stalwarts like Lord Siva can, by their wrathful glances, overcome lust and vanquish him, yet they cannot be free from the overwhelming effects of their own wrath. Such wrath can never enter into the heart of Him (the Lord), who is above all this. So how can lust take shelter in His mind?