Devanagari
मयास्मै यद् वरो दत्तो मृत्युर्नैवार्द्रशुष्कयो: ।
अतोऽन्यश्चिन्तनीयस्ते उपायो मघवन् रिपो: ॥ ३८ ॥
Verse text
mayāsmai yad varo datto
mṛtyur naivārdra-śuṣkayoḥ
ato ’nyaś cintanīyas te
upāyo maghavan ripoḥ
Synonyms
mayā
—
by me
;
asmai
—
unto him
;
yat
—
because
;
varaḥ
—
a benediction
;
dattaḥ
—
has been granted
;
mṛtyuḥ
—
death
;
na
—
not
;
eva
—
indeed
;
ārdra
—
by either a moist
;
śuṣkayoḥ
—
or by a dry medium
;
ataḥ
—
therefore
;
anyaḥ
—
something else, another
;
cintanīyaḥ
—
has to be thought of
;
te
—
by you
;
upāyaḥ
—
means
;
maghavan
—
O Indra
;
ripoḥ
—
of your enemy.
Translation
The voice also said, “O Indra, because I have given this demon the benediction that he will never be killed by any weapon that is dry or moist, you have to think of another way to kill him.”
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
"O Indra, because I have given this demon the benediction that he will never be killed by any weapon that is dry or moist, you have to think of another way to kill him."