Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent SonText 2.63.51
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 63: Daśaratha Remembering Killing a Sage’s Innocent Son
Text 2.63.51
संस्तभ्य शोकं धैर्येण स्थिरचित्तो भवानघ।
ब्रह्महत्याकृतं पापं हृदयादपनीयताम्॥
saṁstabhya sokaṁ dhairyeṇa sthira-citto bhavānagha
brahma-hatyā-kṛtaṁ pāpaṁ hṛdayād apanīyatām
saṁstabhya = control; sokam = your distress; dhairyeṇa = with patience; sthira-cittaḥ = your mind; bhava = and pacify; anagha = O sinless one; brahma-hatyā-kṛtam = caused by killing a brāhmaṇas; pāpam = sinful reactions; hṛdayāt apanīyatām = remove the thought [that you have attained].
O sinless one, control your distress with patience and pacify your mind. Remove the thought [that you have attained] sinful reactions caused by killing a brāhmaṇa.1
1 This is spoken out of extreme compassion, as will be clarified in the note to the next verse.