Chapter 78
श्रीभगवानुवाच चरिष्ये वधनिर्वेशं लोकानुग्रहकाम्यया । नियम: प्रथमे कल्पे यावान् स तु विधीयताम् ॥ ३३ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-bhagavān uvāca cariṣye vadha-nirveśaṁ lokānugraha-kāmyayā niyamaḥ prathame kalpe yāvān sa tu vidhīyatām
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said; cariṣye — I will execute; vadha — for the killing; nirveśam — atonement; loka — for the people in general; anugraha — compassion; kāmyayā — desiring to show; niyamaḥ — the regulative injunction; prathame — in the primary; kalpe — ritual; yāvān — as much; saḥ — that; tu — indeed; vidhīyatām — please prescribe.
Translation
“The Personality of Godhead said: I will certainly perform the atonement for this killing, since I wish to show compassion to the people in general. Please, therefore, prescribe for Me whatever ritual is to be done first.”