Shiva Purana

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देवानां दुःखमुत्पन्नं ता रकात्सुदुरात्मनः ।। ब्रह्मणा च वरौ दत्तः किं करोमि दुरासदः ।। २६ ।।

sanskrit

Cause for great misery has arisen for the gods at the hands of Tāraka the wicked. Boon has already been granted. He is invincible. What shall I do?

english translation

devAnAM duHkhamutpannaM tA rakAtsudurAtmanaH || brahmaNA ca varau dattaH kiM karomi durAsadaH || 26 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript