Chapter 66
सुदक्षिणस्तस्य सुत: कृत्वा संस्थाविधिं पते: । निहत्य पितृहन्तारं यास्याम्यपचितिं पितु: ॥ २७ ॥ इत्यात्मनाभिसन्धाय सोपाध्यायो महेश्वरम् । सुदक्षिणोऽर्चयामास परमेण समाधिना ॥ २८ ॥
Transliteration
sudakṣiṇas tasya sutaḥ kṛtvā saṁsthā-vidhiṁ pateḥ nihatya pitṛ-hantāraṁ yāsyāmy apacitiṁ pituḥity ātmanābhisandhāya sopādhyāyo maheśvaram su-dakṣiṇo ’rcayām āsa parameṇa samādhinā
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
sudakṣiṇaḥ — named Sudakṣiṇa; tasya — his (Kāśirāja’s); sutaḥ — son; kṛtvā — executing; saṁsthā-vidhim — the funeral rituals; pateḥ — of his father; nihatya — by killing; pitṛ — of my father; hantāram — the killer; yāsyāmi — I will achieve; apacitim — revenge; pituḥ — for my father; iti — thus; ātmanā — with his intelligence; abhisandhāya — deciding; sa — with; upādhyāyaḥ — priests; mahā-īśvaram — the great Lord Śiva; su-dakṣiṇaḥ — being very charitable; arcayām āsa — he worshiped; parameṇa — with great; samādhinā — attention.
Translation
“After the King’s son Sudakṣiṇa had performed the obligatory funeral rituals for his father, he resolved within his mind: “Only by killing my father’s murderer can I avenge his death.” Thus the charitable Sudakṣiṇa, together with his priests, began worshiping Lord Maheśvara with great attention.”