यद्यप्यसावधर्मेण मां बध्नीयादनागसम् । तथाप्येनं न हिंसिष्ये भीतं ब्रह्मतनुं रिपुम् ॥ १२ ॥
yadyapy asav adharmena mam badhniyad anagasam tathapy enam na himsisye bhitam brahma-tanum ripum
- yadyapi
- although
- asau
- Lord Visnu
- adharmena
- crookedly, without reference to the straight way
- mam
- me
- badhniyat
- kills
- anagasam
- although I am not sinful
- tathapi
- still
- enam
- against Him
- na
- not
- himsisye
- I shall take any retaliation
- bhitam
- because He is afraid
- brahma-tanum
- having assumed the form of a brahmana-brahmacari
- ripum
- even though He is my enemy.
Although He is Visnu Himself, out of fear He has covered Himself in the form of a brahmana to come to me begging. Under the circumstances, because He has assumed the form of a brahmana, even if He irreligiously arrests me or even kills me, I shall not retaliate, although He is my enemy.