kopa-kālo yugāntas te
śrī-rudra uvāca
kopa-kālo yugāntas te
hato 'yam asuro 'lpakaḥ
tat-sutaṁ pāhy upasṛtaṁ
bhaktaṁ te bhakta-vatsala
Śiva said: The end of the millennium is the time for your anger. Now you have killed this insignificant demon. O Lord, you are affectionate to your devotee! Therefore protect his son, who is obedient to you.
Everyone is afraid of final destruction on seeing your ferocious form, but I am not. The time of dissolution is the time for your anger. I, as well, your expansion, perform this action. “I have shown anger out of affection for my devotee.” This demon is insignificant for you. And his son, loyal to you, is here.
|| 7.8.42 ||
śrī-indra uvāca
pratyānītāḥ parama bhavatā trāyatā naḥ sva-bhāgā
daityākrāntaṁ hṛdaya-kamalaṁ tad-gṛhaṁ pratyabodhi
kāla-grastaṁ kiyad idam aho nātha śuśrūṣatāṁ te
muktis teṣāṁ na hi bahumatā nārasiṁhāparaiḥ kim
Indra said: Your share of sacrifice has been taken back by you, our deliverer. You have illuminated your residence, our lotus hearts, afflicted by the demon. What is this post of Indra devoured by time? O Narasiṁha! Those who engage in your service do not give any regard to liberation. What then is the use of other things?
Until this time I have not been attracted to remembering your lotus feet (since I was disturbed by the demon). O Supreme Lord! You, who protect us, have taken back your share of sacrifice from the demon, since everything that belonging to us, the servants, actually belongs to you, the master. Our hearts are your house because there we constantly meditate upon you. Just as the lotus loses its beauty in the night, and closes up, attacked by darkness, from the birth of the demon till today, thinking of the demon in fear, we have been attacked by the demon. Now that you have appeared like the sun, we have woken up. Touched by your feet, the lotus of our hearts has blossomed. Or, we have understood about (prati) your home Vaikuṇṭha. We have gained intelligence to serve your feet. “Since you are a devotee, accept the post of Indra.” True, since I have desire and no devotion, I will have to accept that. But the devotees without desire do not care for this post or even liberation, what to speak of things like the powers of yoga.
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