SanskritIASTMeaning
पुरा वै नैमिषारण्ये देवाः सत्रम् उपासतेpurā vai naimiṣāraṇye devāḥ satram upāsateof old, in the Naimisha forest, the gods were performing a sacrificial session [sattra],
तत्र वैवस्वतः राजन् शामित्रम् अकरोत् तदाtatra vaivasvataḥ rājan śāmitram akarot tadāthere Vaivasvata [Yama], O king, was then performing the [duty of] the slaughterer [shamitra];
ततः यमः दीक्षितः तत्र राजन् न अमारयत् किं चित् अपि प्रजाभ्यःtataḥ yamaḥ dīkṣitaḥ tatra rājan na amārayat kiṃ cit api prajābhyaḥand Yama, consecrated there [to the rite], O king, did not put to death even a little any of the creatures;
ततः प्रजाः ताः बहुलाः बभूवुः कालातिपातात् मरणात् प्रहीणाःtataḥ prajāḥ tāḥ bahulāḥ babhūvuḥ kālātipātāt maraṇāt prahīṇāḥtherefore those creatures multiplied, deprived of death by the non-arrival of their [appointed] time;
व्यासvyāsaoriginal form "vyasa", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वैवस्वतोvaivasvatooriginal form "vaivasvato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
राजञ्rājañoriginal form "rajan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यमोyamooriginal form "yamo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दीक्षितस्dīkṣitasoriginal form "dikshitas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नामारयत्nāmārayatoriginal form "namarayat", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चिद्cidoriginal form "cid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रजास्prajāsoriginal form "prajas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ताtāoriginal form "ta", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बहुलाbahulāoriginal form "bahula", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कालातिपातान्kālātipātānoriginal form "kalatipatan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here it is shown that even death serves the order of the world. It is telling that when Yama's attention turned elsewhere, creatures ceased to die -- and this is counted a disruption of order, not a blessing. Here it is revealed that birth and death are a rhythm established by the Lord, sustaining the balance of creation. Thus scripture shows the necessity of the mortal term; and its breach calls for the restoration of order.