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"name":"SB 3.18.28", "h1":"SB 3.18.28", "label":"Text 28", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.18.28", "description":"This demon, luckily for us, has come of his own accord to You, his death ordained by You; therefore, exhibiting Your ways, kill him in the duel and establish the worlds in peace."
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SB 3.18.28
दिष्ट्या त्वां विहितं मृत्युमयमासादितः स्वयम् ।
विक्रम्यैनं मृधे हत्वा लोकानाधेहि शर्मणि ॥२८॥
Text
diṣṭyā tvāṁ vihitaṁ mṛtyum
ayam āsāditaḥ svayam
vikramyainaṁ mṛdhe hatvā
lokān ādhehi śarmaṇi
Synonyms
diṣṭyā—by fortune; tvām—to You; vihitam—ordained; mṛtyum—death; ayam—this demon; āsāditaḥ—has come; svayam—of his own accord; vikramya—exhibiting Your prowess; enam—him; mṛdhe—in the duel; hatvā—killing; lokān—the worlds; ādhehi—establish; śarmaṇi—in peace.
Translation
This demon, luckily for us, has come of his own accord to You, his death ordained by You; therefore, exhibiting Your ways, kill him in the duel and establish the worlds in peace.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Eighteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa.”