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जलंधरः कथं विष्णो संगरे न हत स्त्वया ॥ तद्गृहं चापि यातोऽसि त्यक्त्वा वैकुण्ठमात्मनः ॥२६॥
O Viṣṇu, how is it that Jalandhara was not killed in battle by you? Leaving off your own Vaikuṇṭha you have gone to his mansion?
english translation
मया नियोजितस्त्वं हि साधुसंरक्षणाय च ॥ निग्रहाय खलानां च स्वतंत्रेण विहारिणा ॥२७॥
As I wanted to be free and sportful, I had appointed you for the protection of the good and the curbing of the wicked.
english translation
सनत्कुमार उवाच ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य महेशस्य वचनं गरुडध्वजः ॥ प्रत्युवाच विनीतात्मा नतकस्साञ्जलिर्हरिः ॥ २८ ॥
Sanatkumāra said: On hearing the words of lord Śiva, Viṣṇu replied humbly bowing down with palms joined in reverence.
english translation
विष्णुरुवाच ॥ तवांशसंभवत्वाच्च भ्रातृत्वाच्च तथा श्रियः ॥ मया न निहतः संख्ये त्वमेनं जहि दानवम् ॥ २९॥
Viṣṇu said: He was not killed in war by me because he was born of a part of yours. Moreover he is Lakṣmī’s brother. Please kill him.
english translation
महाबलो महावीरो जेयस्सर्वदिवौकसाम् ॥ अन्येषां चापि देवेश सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम् ॥ 2-5-20-३० ॥
O lord of the gods, he is very powerful, heroic and indefatigable by all the heaven-dwellers and others too. I am telling you the truth.
english translation