Chapter 63
माहेश्वर: समाक्रन्दन् वैष्णवेन बलार्दित: । अलब्ध्वाभयमन्यत्र भीतो माहेश्वरो ज्वर: । शरणार्थी हृषीकेशं तुष्टाव प्रयताञ्जलि: ॥ २४ ॥
Transliteration
māheśvaraḥ samākrandan vaiṣṇavena balārditaḥ alabdhvābhayam anyatra bhīto māheśvaro jvaraḥ śaraṇārthī hṛṣīkeśaṁ tuṣṭāva prayatāñjaliḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
māheśvaraḥ — (the fever weapon) of Lord Śiva; samākrandan — crying out; vaiṣṇavena — of the Vaiṣṇava-jvara; bala — by the strength; arditaḥ — tormented; alabdhvā — not obtaining; abhayam — fearlessness; anyatra — elsewhere; bhītaḥ — frightened; māheśvaraḥ jvaraḥ — the Māheśvara-jvara; śaraṇa — for shelter; arthī — hankering; hṛṣīkeśam — Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of everyone’s senses; tuṣṭāva — he praised; prayata-añjaliḥ — with palms joined in supplication.
Translation
“The Śiva-jvara, overwhelmed by the strength of the Viṣṇu-jvara, cried out in pain. But finding no refuge, the frightened Śiva-jvara approached Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of the senses, hoping to attain His shelter. Thus with joined palms he began to praise the Lord.”