अहो विधातस्त्वमतीव बालिशो यस्त्वात्मसृष्ट्यप्रतिरूपमीहसे । परे नु जीवत्यपरस्य या मृति- र्विपर्ययश्चेत्त्वमसि ध्रुव: पर: ॥ ५४ ॥
aho vidhatas tvam ativa baliso yas tv atma-srsty-apratirupam ihase pare nu jivaty aparasya ya mrtir viparyayas cet tvam asi dhruvah parah
- aho
- alas (in great lamentation)
- vidhatah
- O Providence
- tvam
- You
- ativa
- very much
- balisah
- inexperienced
- yah
- who
- tu
- indeed
- atma-srsti
- of Your own creation
- apratirupam
- just the opposite
- ihase
- You are performing and desiring
- pare
- while the father or the elder
- nu
- indeed
- jivati
- is living
- aparasya
- of one who was born later
- ya
- which
- mrtih
- death
- viparyayah
- contradictory
- cet
- if
- tvam
- You
- asi
- are
- dhruvah
- indeed
- parah
- an enemy
Alas, O Providence, O Creator, You are certainly inexperienced in creation, for during the lifetime of a father You have caused the death of his son, thus acting in opposition to Your creative laws. If You are determined to contradict these laws, You are certainly the enemy of living entities and are never merciful.