Shiva Purana

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अच्युत उवाच॥ प्रतिज्ञापूरणं योग्यं परस्मिन्पुरुषेस्ति वै॥ विचारयस्व वध्येश भवत्यात्मनि न प्रभो ॥६३॥

sanskrit

Viṣṇu said: Fulfilling the promise is but proper in you, the great Being. But consider, O lord, the desire to kill cannot be directed to one’s own Self.

english translation

acyuta uvAca॥ pratijJApUraNaM yogyaM parasminpuruSesti vai॥ vicArayasva vadhyeza bhavatyAtmani na prabho ॥63॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/39/63

अच्युत उवाच॥ प्रतिज्ञापूरणं योग्यं परस्मिन्पुरुषेस्ति वै॥ विचारयस्व वध्येश भवत्यात्मनि न प्रभो ॥६३॥

sanskrit

Viṣṇu said: Fulfilling the promise is but proper in you, the great Being. But consider, O lord, the desire to kill cannot be directed to one’s own Self.

english translation

acyuta uvAca॥ pratijJApUraNaM yogyaM parasminpuruSesti vai॥ vicArayasva vadhyeza bhavatyAtmani na prabho ॥63॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript