मत्प्राणरक्षणमनन्त पितुर्वधश्च मन्ये स्वभृत्यऋषिवाक्यमृतं विधातुम् । खड्गं प्रगृह्य यदवोचदसद्विधित्सु- स्त्वामीश्वरो मदपरोऽवतु कं हरामि ॥ २९ ॥
mat-prana-raksanam ananta pitur vadhas ca manye sva-bhrtya-rsi-vakyam rtam vidhatum khadgam pragrhya yad avocad asad-vidhitsus tvam isvaro mad-aparo ’vatu kam harami
- mat-prana-raksanam
- saving my life
- ananta
- O unlimited one, reservoir of unlimited transcendental qualities
- pituh
- of my father
- vadhah ca
- and killing
- manye
- I consider
- sva-bhrtya
- of Your unalloyed servants
- rsi-vakyam
- and the words of the great saint Narada
- rtam
- true
- vidhatum
- to prove
- khadgam
- sword
- pragrhya
- taking in hand
- yat
- since
- avocat
- my father said
- asat-vidhitsuh
- desiring to act very impiously
- tvam
- You
- isvarah
- any supreme controller
- mat-aparah
- other than me
- avatu
- let him save
- kam
- your head
- harami
- I shall now separate
My Lord, O unlimited reservoir of transcendental qualities, You have killed my father, Hiranyakasipu, and saved me from his sword. He had said very angrily, If there is any supreme controller other than me, let Him save you. I shall now sever your head from your body Therefore I think that both in saving me and in killing him, You have acted just to prove true the words of Your devotee. There is no other cause.