स तान् प्रपन्नार्तिहरो भगवान्धर्मवत्सल: । धर्मज्ञान् शीलसम्पन्नान् प्रीत: प्रीतानुवाच ह ॥ २६ ॥
sa tan prapannarti-haro bhagavan dharma-vatsalah dharma-jnan sila-sampannan pritah pritan uvaca ha
- sah
- Lord Siva
- tan
- them
- prapanna-arti-harah
- one who drives away all kinds of dangers
- bhagavan
- the lord
- dharma-vatsalah
- very much fond of religious principles
- dharma-jnan
- persons who are aware of religious principles
- sila-sampannan
- very well behaved
- pritah
- being pleased
- pritan
- of very gentle behavior
- uvaca
- talked with them
- ha
- in the past.
Lord Siva became very pleased with the Pracetas because generally Lord Siva is the protector of pious persons and persons of gentle behavior. Being very much pleased with the princes, he began to speak as follows.