एषामनुध्येयपदाब्जयुग्मं जगद्गुरुं मङ्गलमङ्गलं स्वयम् । य: क्षत्रबन्धु: परिभूय सूरीन् प्रशास्ति धृष्टस्तदयं हि दण्ड्य: ॥ १३ ॥
esam anudhyeya-padabja-yugmam jagad-gurum mangala-mangalam svayam yah ksatra-bandhuh paribhuya surin prasasti dhrstas tad ayam hi dandyah
- esam
- of all these (exalted personalities)
- anudhyeya
- to be constantly meditated upon
- pada-abja-yugmam
- whose two lotus feet
- jagat-gurum
- the spiritual master of the whole world
- mangala-mangalam
- personification of the topmost religious principle
- svayam
- himself
- yah
- he who
- ksatra-bandhuh
- the lowest of the ksatriyas
- paribhuya
- overriding
- surin
- the demigods (like Brahma and the others)
- prasasti
- chastises
- dhrstah
- impudent
- tat
- therefore
- ayam
- this person
- hi
- indeed
- dandyah
- to be punished
This Citraketu is the lowest of ksatriyas, for he has impudently overridden Brahma and the other demigods by insulting Lord Siva, upon whose lotus feet they always meditate. Lord Siva is personified religion and the spiritual master of the entire world, and therefore Citraketu must be punished.