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ŚB 3.18.28

Devanagari

दिष्टय‍ा त्वां विहितं मृत्युसमयमासादित: 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.

Purport

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.”