महादेव उवाच नाघं प्रजेश बालानां वर्णये नानुचिन्तये । देवमायाभिभूतानां दण्डस्तत्र धृतो मया ॥ २ ॥
mahadeva uvaca nagham prajesa balanam varnaye nanucintaye deva-mayabhibhutanam dandas tatra dhrto maya
- mahadevah
- Lord Siva
- uvaca
- said
- na
- not
- agham
- offense
- praja-isa
- O lord of created beings
- balanam
- of the children
- varnaye
- I regard
- na
- not
- anucintaye
- I consider
- deva-maya
- the external energy of the Lord
- abhibhutanam
- of those deluded by
- dandah
- rod
- tatra
- there
- dhrtah
- used
- maya
- by me.
Lord Siva said: My dear father, Brahma, I do not mind the offenses created by the demigods. Because these demigods are childish and less intelligent, I do not take a serious view of their offenses, and I have punished them only in order to right them.