Canto 9: LiberationChapter 5: Durvāsā Muni's Life Spared

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.5.10

yady asti dattam iṣṭaḿ vā

sva-dharmo vā svanuṣṭhitaḥ

kulaḿ no vipra-daivaḿ ced

dvijo bhavatu vijvaraḥ

SYNONYMS

yadi — if; asti — there is; dattam — charity; iṣṭam — worshiping the Deity; — either; sva-dharmaḥ — occupational duty; — either; su-anuṣṭhitaḥ — perfectly performed; kulam — dynasty; naḥ — our; vipra-daivam — favored by the brāhmaṇas; cet — if so; dvijaḥ — this brāhmaṇa; bhavatu — may become; vijvaraḥ — without a burning (from the Sudarśana cakra).

TRANSLATION

If our family has given charity to the proper persons, if we have performed ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices, if we have properly carried out our occupational duties, and if we have been guided by learned brāhmaṇas, I wish, in exchange, that this brāhmaṇa be freed from the burning caused by the Sudarśana cakra.

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