Chapter 5 · Pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ (Fifth Chapter)
Verse 98
मृत्योरुत्क्रान्तिदा नाम शक्तिरीश त्वया हृता। पाशः सलिलराजस्य भ्रातुस्तव परिग्रहे ॥ ९८ ॥
mṛtyōrutkrāntidā nāma śaktirīśa tvayā hṛtā | pāśaḥ salilarājasya bhrātustava parigrahē || 98 ||
Translation
The power named Utkrantida, belonging to Death (Yama), has been taken by you, O lord, and the noose of Varuna, the king of waters, your brother, is in your possession.
Word by word
- mṛtyoḥ
- of Death (Yama)
- utkrāntidā
- bestower of liberation
- nāma
- named
- śaktiḥ
- power/weapon
- īśa
- O lord
- tvayā
- by you
- hṛtā
- taken
- pāśaḥ
- noose
- salilarājasya
- of the king of waters (Varuna)
- bhrātuḥ
- of the brother
- tava
- your
- parigrahe
- in possession
Meaning
The servants highlight Shumbha’s seizure of Yama’s divine power, Utkrantida (which grants liberation or transcendence over death), and Varuna’s noose, referring to Nishumbha as Shumbha’s brother, to underscore his dominion over divine powers and urge him to claim Ambika.