राजोवाच कस्मिन्कर्मणि देवस्य मयोऽहञ्जगदीशितु: । यथा चोपचिता कीर्ति: कृष्णेनानेन कथ्यताम् ॥ ५२ ॥
rajovaca kasmin karmani devasya mayo ’han jagad-isituh yatha copacita kirtih krsnenanena kathyatam
- raja uvaca
- King Yudhisthira inquired
- kasmin
- for what reason
- karmani
- by which activities
- devasya
- of Lord Mahadeva (Siva)
- mayah
- the great demon Maya Danava
- ahan
- vanquished
- jagat-isituh
- of Lord Siva, who controls the power of the material energy and is the husband of Durgadevi
- yatha
- just as
- ca
- and
- upacita
- again expanded
- kirtih
- reputation
- krsnena
- by Lord Krsna
- anena
- this
- kathyatam
- please describe
Maharaja Yudhisthira said: For what reason did the demon Maya Danava vanquish Lord Siva’s reputation? How did Lord Krsna save Lord Siva and expand his reputation again? Kindly describe these incidents.