त्वं नूनमसुराणां न: परोक्ष: परमो गुरु: । यो नोऽनेकमदान्धानां विभ्रंशं चक्षुरादिशत् ॥ ५ ॥
tvam nunam asuranam nah paroksah paramo guruh yo no ’neka-madandhanam vibhramsam caksur adisat
- tvam
- Your Lordship
- nunam
- indeed
- asuranam
- of the demons
- nah
- as we are
- paroksah
- indirect
- paramah
- the supreme
- guruh
- spiritual master
- yah
- Your Lordship
- nah
- of us
- aneka
- many
- mada-andhanam
- blinded by material opulences
- vibhramsam
- destroying our false prestige
- caksuh
- the eye of knowledge
- adisat
- gave.
Since Your Lordship is indirectly the greatest well-wisher of us demons, You act for our best welfare by posing as if our enemy. Because demons like us always aspire for a position of false prestige, by chastising us You give us the eyes by which to see the right path.