Yama's Hymn and Lakshmi's Revelation

Verse 1 (skanda.2.42.1)

जैमिनिरुवाच । ततो ब्रह्मागमत्तूर्णं यत्रास्ते भगवान्स्वयम् । स्तवान्तेऽसौ यथा दृष्टस्तथाद्राक्षीत्प्रभुं तदा

jaiminiruvāca tato brahmāgamattūrṇaṁ yatrāste bhagavānsvayam stavānte'sau yathā dṛṣṭastathādrākṣītprabhuṁ tadā

Jaimini said: Then Brahma swiftly went to where the Lord himself dwells; at the end of his hymn, just as he had envisioned him, so he then beheld the Lord.

Verse 2 (skanda.2.42.2)

प्रत्यभिज्ञानसंहृष्टस्तं दृष्ट्वा परमेश्वरम् । अत्यद्भुतज्ञाननिधिर्बभूवासौ द्विजोत्तमाः

pratyabhijñānasaṁhṛṣṭastaṁ dṛṣṭvā parameśvaram atyadbhutajñānanidhirbabhūvāsau dvijottamāḥ

Rejoicing in recognition, having seen that Supreme Lord, he became, O best of the twice-born, a treasury of most wondrous knowledge.

Verse 3 (skanda.2.42.3)

यावत्स्तोतुं समारेभे हर्षसंफुल्ललोचनः । तावदेव समागत्य कुतश्चिद्वायसोत्तमः

yāvatstotuṁ samārebhe harṣasaṁphullalocanaḥ tāvadeva samāgatya kutaścidvāyasottamaḥ

Just as he began to praise him, his eyes wide with joy, at that very moment an excellent crow arrived there from somewhere.

Verse 4 (skanda.2.42.4)

कारुण्योदकसंपूर्णे तस्मिन्कुण्डे निमज्य तम् । विलोक्य माधवं नीलरत्नकांतिं कृपानिधिम्

kāruṇyodakasaṁpūrṇe tasminkuṇḍe nimajya tam vilokya mādhavaṁ nīlaratnakāntiṁ kṛpānidhim

Having plunged into that pool brimming with the water of compassion, and having beheld Madhava, treasury of mercy, radiant like a blue gem,

Verse 5 (skanda.2.42.5)

काकदेहं समुत्सृज्य लुठमानो मुहुः क्षितौ । शंखचक्रगदापाणिस्तस्य पार्श्वे व्यवस्थितः

kākadehaṁ samutsṛjya luṭhamāno muhuḥ kṣitau śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇistasya pārśve vyavasthitaḥ

— casting off its crow-body, and rolling upon the ground again and again, it came to stand at his side, bearing conch, discus and mace in hand.

Verse 6 (skanda.2.42.6)

तिरश्चस्तां गतिं दृष्ट्वा योगींद्राणां सुदुर्लभाम् । मेनेऽसौ मुनयः सृष्टिः क्रमात्क्षीणा भविष्यति

tiraścastāṁ gatiṁ dṛṣṭvā yogīndrāṇāṁ sudurlabhām mene'sau munayaḥ sṛṣṭiḥ kramātkṣīṇā bhaviṣyati

Seeing a mere beast attain a state hard to reach even for the greatest of yogis, the sages thought that creation itself would gradually come to an end —

Verse 7 (skanda.2.42.7)

मनुष्याधिकृते मुक्तौ वेदांते संशयोऽभवत् । न किंचिद्दुर्लभं चेह विष्णुभक्तस्य विद्यते

manuṣyādhikṛte muktau vedānte saṁśayo'bhavat na kiṁciddurlabhaṁ ceha viṣṇubhaktasya vidyate

— for a doubt arose regarding the Vedantic teaching that liberation belongs to humans alone; here nothing whatsoever is difficult of attainment for a devotee of Vishnu.

Verse 8 (skanda.2.42.8)

प्रत्यक्षोऽभूद्द्विजश्रेष्ठाः पुराणपुरुषोदिते । संकीर्त्य यन्नाम नरः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

pratyakṣo'bhūddvijaśreṣṭhāḥ purāṇapuruṣodite saṁkīrtya yannāma naraḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

It became directly manifest, O best of the twice-born, in what had been proclaimed by the Ancient Person — that a man who merely chants his name is released from every sin.

Verse 9 (skanda.2.42.9)

तस्य संदर्शने विप्रा मुक्तिः किं खलु दुर्लभा । मनसा ध्याययन्विष्णुं त्यजन्प्राणान्विमुच्यते

tasya saṁdarśane viprā muktiḥ kiṁ khalu durlabhā manasā dhyāyayanviṣṇuṁ tyajanprāṇānvimucyate

O Brahmins, how indeed could liberation be difficult to attain from mere sight of him? One who, meditating on Vishnu in the mind, gives up the breath of life, is set free.

Verse 10 (skanda.2.42.10)

साक्षात्कृतो भगवतः किं चित्रं मुक्तिमेति यत् । पुरुषोत्तमसंज्ञस्य क्षेत्रस्य महिमाद्भुतः

sākṣātkṛto bhagavataḥ kiṁ citraṁ muktimeti yat puruṣottamasaṁjñasya kṣetrasya mahimādbhutaḥ

What wonder is it that one who has beheld the Lord face to face attains liberation? Such is the wondrous glory of the field named Purushottama.

Verse 11 (skanda.2.42.11)

यत्र काकोऽपि च हरिं साक्षात्पश्यति भो द्विजाः । सुदुर्लभं क्षेत्रमिदमज्ञानां च विमोचनम् । अहो क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं काकस्यापि विमुक्तिदम् । किं पुनः सततं शांति वैराग्यज्ञानसंयुजाम्

yatra kāko'pi ca hariṁ sākṣātpaśyati bho dvijāḥ sudurlabhaṁ kṣetramidamajñānāṁ ca vimocanam aho kṣetrasya māhātmyaṁ kākasyāpi vimuktidam kiṁ punaḥ satataṁ śāntiṁ vairāgyajñānasaṁyujām

Here, O Brahmins, even a crow beholds Hari directly — this exceedingly rare field liberates even the ignorant. Ah, the greatness of a field that grants liberation even to a crow — how much more, then, to those ever endowed with peace, dispassion, and knowledge!

Verse 12 (skanda.2.42.12)

ऋषय ऊचुः । नीलाख्यं माधवं दृष्ट्वा किं चकार पितामहः

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ nīlākhyaṁ mādhavaṁ dṛṣṭvā kiṁ cakāra pitāmahaḥ

The sages said: Having beheld the blue-hued Madhava, what did the Grandsire Brahma do?

Verse 13 (skanda.2.42.13)

तद्दर्शने क्षणान्नष्टदेहबन्धं च वायसम्

taddarśane kṣaṇānnaṣṭadehabandhaṁ ca vāyasam

And the crow, whose bond to its bodily form was destroyed in an instant at the sight of him — what became of it?

Verse 14 (skanda.2.42.14)

जैमिनिरुवाच । अत्यद्भुतमयं दृष्ट्वा यावद्ध्यायति माधवम् । तावत्पितृपतिः स्वाधिकारसंयमनाकुलः

jaiminiruvāca atyadbhutamayaṁ dṛṣṭvā yāvaddhyāyati mādhavam tāvatpitṛpatiḥ svādhikārasaṁyamanākulaḥ

Jaimini said: While Brahma, having beheld this most wondrous being, continued meditating upon Madhava, the Lord of the departed, troubled by the constraint upon his own office,

Verse 15 (skanda.2.42.15)

दीनाननो निःश्वसन्वै तत्र यातस्त्वरान्वितः । नीलाद्रौ माधवं दृष्ट्वा साऽष्टांगं प्रणिपत्य च । तुष्टाव स जगन्नाथं स्वाधिकारदृढस्थितौ

dīnānano niḥśvasanvai tatra yātastvarānvitaḥ nīlādrau mādhavaṁ dṛṣṭvā sāṣṭāṅgaṁ praṇipatya ca tuṣṭāva sa jagannāthaṁ svādhikāradṛḍhasthitau

— went there in haste, sighing with downcast face; and having seen Madhava upon the Blue Mountain, he fell in eightfold prostration, and, remaining firm in his own office, praised Jagannatha.

Verse 16 (skanda.2.42.16)

यम उवाच । नमस्ते देवदेवेश सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारण

yama uvāca namaste devadeveśa sṛṣṭisthityantakāraṇa

Yama said: Salutations to you, O Lord of the gods, cause of creation, preservation and dissolution.

Verse 17 (skanda.2.42.17)

त्वयि प्रोतमिदं सर्वं सूत्रे मणिगणा यथा । त्वया धृतं त्वया सृष्टं त्वया चाप्यायितं जगत्

tvayi protamidaṁ sarvaṁ sūtre maṇigaṇā yathā tvayā dhṛtaṁ tvayā sṛṣṭaṁ tvayā cāpyāyitaṁ jagat

In you all this is strung, as a row of gems upon a thread; the universe is upheld by you, created by you, and nourished by you.

Verse 18 (skanda.2.42.18)

चन्द्रसूर्यादिरूपेण नित्यं भासयसेऽखिलम् । विश्वेश्वरं जगद्योनिं विश्वावासं जगद्गुरुम्

candrasūryādirūpeṇa nityaṁ bhāsayase'khilam viśveśvaraṁ jagadyoniṁ viśvāvāsaṁ jagadgurum

In the forms of moon, sun and the rest, you eternally illumine the whole — Lord of the universe, womb of the world, abode of all, guru of the world —

Verse 19 (skanda.2.42.19)

विश्वसाक्षिणमाद्यन्तवर्जितं प्रणमाम्यहम् । नमः परमकारुण्यजलसंभृतसिन्धवे

viśvasākṣiṇamādyantavarjitaṁ praṇamāmyaham namaḥ paramakāruṇyajalasaṁbhṛtasindhave

— witness of the universe, without beginning or end, I bow to you. Salutation to you, the ocean brimming with the waters of supreme compassion,

Verse 20 (skanda.2.42.20)

परापरपरातीतविभवे विश्वसंभवे

parāparaparātītavibhave viśvasaṁbhave

— whose majesty transcends both the higher and the lower, the very origin of the universe,

Verse 21 (skanda.2.42.21)

भवसंतापनीहारभानवे दीनबन्धवे । स्वमायारचिताशेष भवे गुणरज्जवे

bhavasaṁtāpanīhārabhānave dīnabandhave svamāyāracitāśeṣa bhave guṇarajjave

— sun that dispels the mist of worldly torment, friend of the helpless, who binds this entire existence, fashioned by your own maya, with the rope of the [three] qualities,

Verse 22 (skanda.2.42.22)

नमः कमलकिंजल्क पीतनिर्मलवाससे । महाहवरिपुस्कन्ध कृंतचक्राय चक्रिणे

namaḥ kamalakiṁjalka pītanirmalavāsase mahāhavaripuskandha kṛṁtacakrāya cakriṇe

— salutation to you whose garment is pure and yellow as the lotus filament; O wielder of the discus that in great battle severs the shoulders of foes, salutation to you.

Verse 23 (skanda.2.42.23)

दंष्ट्रोद्धृत क्षितिभृते त्रयीमूर्तिमते नमः । नमो यज्ञवराहाय चन्द्रसूर्याग्निचक्षुषे

daṁṣṭroddhṛta kṣitibhṛte trayīmūrtimate namaḥ namo yajñavarāhāya candrasūryāgnicakṣuṣe

Salutation to you who bore up the earth upon your tusk, whose very form is the threefold Veda; salutation to the sacrificial Boar, whose eyes are the moon, the sun and fire,

Verse 24 (skanda.2.42.24)

नरसिंहाय दंष्ट्रोग्रमूर्तिद्रावितशत्रवे । यदपांगविलासैक सृष्टिस्थित्युपसंहृतिः

narasiṁhāya daṁṣṭrogramūrtidrāvitaśatrave yadapāṅgavilāsaika sṛṣṭisthityupasaṁhṛtiḥ

— to Narasimha, of fierce, fanged form, who dissolved his enemy; by the mere sport of whose sidelong glance creation, preservation and dissolution occur,

Verse 25 (skanda.2.42.25)

उच्चावचात्मको ह्येष भवः संभवते मुहुः । तममुं नीलमेघाभं नीलाश्ममणिविग्रहम्

uccāvacātmako hyeṣa bhavaḥ saṁbhavate muhuḥ tamamuṁ nīlameghābhaṁ nīlāśmamaṇivigraham

— this manifold existence, high and low, arises again and again. To him, dark as a blue-hued cloud, whose form is of blue gemstone,

Verse 26 (skanda.2.42.26)

नीलाचलगुहावासं प्रणमामि कृपानिधिम् । शंखचक्रगदापद्मधारिणं शुभदायिनम्

nīlācalaguhāvāsaṁ praṇamāmi kṛpānidhim śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadhāriṇaṁ śubhadāyinam

— who dwells in a cave of the Blue Mountain, the treasury of mercy, I bow; who bears conch, discus, mace and lotus, the giver of blessing,

Verse 27 (skanda.2.42.27)

प्रणताशेषपापौघदारिणं मुरवैरिणम् । नमस्ते कमलापांग संगसंस्कारचक्षुषे

praṇatāśeṣapāpaughadāriṇaṁ muravairiṇam namaste kamalāpāṅga saṁgasaṁskāracakṣuṣe

— who tears away the whole mass of sin of those who bow to him, the enemy of Mura. Salutation to you whose glance bears the very grace of Kamala's own sidelong look,

Verse 28 (skanda.2.42.28)

श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभोद्भासि मनोहृद्व्यूढवक्षसे । यत्पादपंकजद्वंद्वसंश्रयैश्वर्यभागिनी

śrīvatsakaustubhodbhāsi manohṛdvyūḍhavakṣase yatpādapaṁkajadvaṁdvasaṁśrayaiśvaryabhāginī

— whose broad chest, gleaming with the Shrivatsa mark and the Kaustubha jewel, captivates the mind; by taking refuge in whose paired lotus feet she shares in sovereignty —

Verse 29 (skanda.2.42.29)

श्रीः संश्रिता जनैः शश्वत्पृथगैश्वर्यदायिनी । या परापरसंभिन्ना प्रकृतिस्ते सिसृक्षया

śrīḥ saṁśritā janaiḥ śaśvatpṛthagaiśvaryadāyinī yā parāparasaṁbhinnā prakṛtiste sisṛkṣayā

— that Shri, ever taken refuge in by people, bestowing manifold sovereignty; she who, blended of both the higher and the lower, is your Prakriti, moved by the wish to create,

Verse 30 (skanda.2.42.30)

निर्विकारं परं ब्रह्म विकारि ससृजेंऽजसा । सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णा लक्षितां शुभलक्षणैः । लक्ष्मीशोरसि नित्यस्था लक्ष्मीं तां प्रणमाम्यहम्

nirvikāraṁ paraṁ brahma vikāri sasṛjeṁjasā sarvalakṣaṇasaṁpūrṇā lakṣitāṁ śubhalakṣaṇaiḥ lakṣmīśorasi nityasthā lakṣmīṁ tāṁ praṇamāmyaham

— at once brought forth change out of the changeless supreme Brahman; complete with every mark, distinguished by auspicious signs — to her, Lakshmi, ever dwelling upon the breast of Lakshmi's Lord, I bow.

Verse 31 (skanda.2.42.31)

जैमिनिरुवाच । तदेवं धर्मराजेन श्रीकांतः परितोषितः । पार्श्वस्थां वल्लकीहस्तां नेत्रांतेनादिशच्छ्रियम्

jaiminiruvāca tadevaṁ dharmarājena śrīkāntaḥ paritoṣitaḥ pārśvasthāṁ vallakīhastāṁ netrāntenādiśacchriyam

Jaimini said: Thus satisfied by the King of Dharma, the Beloved of Shri signaled with the corner of his eye to Shri, who stood at his side holding a lute.

Verse 32 (skanda.2.42.32)

तेन संभाविता लक्ष्मीर्भवदुःखविनाशिनी । शुभाय सर्वलोकानां यमं प्रोवाच लीलया

tena saṁbhāvitā lakṣmīrbhavaduḥkhavināśinī śubhāya sarvalokānāṁ yamaṁ provāca līlayā

Thus honored, Lakshmi, the destroyer of worldly sorrow, spoke playfully to Yama, for the welfare of all the worlds:

Verse 33 (skanda.2.42.33)

लक्ष्मीरुवाच । यदर्थमावां संस्तौषि क्षेत्रेस्मिन्दुर्लभं हि तत् । अत्याज्यमावयोरेतत्क्षेत्रं श्रीपुरुषोत्तमम्

lakṣmīruvāca yadarthamāvāṁ saṁstauṣi kṣetresmindurlabhaṁ hi tat atyājyamāvayoretatkṣetraṁ śrīpuruṣottamam

Lakshmi said: That for whose sake you praise us both is indeed hard to attain in this field; this field of Shri-Purushottama can never be forsaken by either of us.

Verse 34 (skanda.2.42.34)

कल्पावसानेप्यावां वै ध्रियेते परमेष्ठिना । ब्रह्मादिदिक्प्रभूणां हि स्वामित्वं नेह विद्यते

kalpāvasānepyāvāṁ vai dhriyete parameṣṭhinā brahmādidikprabhūṇāṁ hi svāmitvaṁ neha vidyate

Even at the end of an aeon, the two of us are upheld by the Supreme Being alone; the lordship of Brahma and the other guardians of the quarters has no dominion here.

Verse 35 (skanda.2.42.35)

नेह कर्मपरीपाकाः संभवंति कदाचन । अत्र प्रवसतां नृणां तिरश्चामपि दुष्कृताम्

neha karmaparīpākāḥ saṁbhavaṁti kadācana atra pravasatāṁ nṛṇāṁ tiraścāmapi duṣkṛtām

Here the ripening of past deeds never occurs at all — for the men, and even the beasts of evil deeds, who dwell here,

Verse 36 (skanda.2.42.36)

दह्यते ज्वलिताग्नौ हि तूलराशिर्यथा भृशम् । ये बद्धा पापपुण्याभ्यां निगडाभ्यामहर्निशम्

dahyate jvalitāgnau hi tūlarāśiryathā bhṛśam ye baddhā pāpapuṇyābhyāṁ nigaḍābhyāmaharniśam

— just as a heap of cotton is utterly consumed in blazing fire, so too those bound day and night by the fetters of sin and merit,

Verse 37 (skanda.2.42.37)

तेषां संयमिता त्वं हि यमः पूर्वं विनिर्मितः । अत्र साक्षाद्वपुष्मंतं नीलेन्द्रमणिमंजुलम्

teṣāṁ saṁyamitā tvaṁ hi yamaḥ pūrvaṁ vinirmitaḥ atra sākṣādvapuṣmaṁtaṁ nīlendramaṇimaṁjulam

— of them you, made Yama in ancient times, are the restrainer. But here, having beheld in person the embodied Lord, lovely as the king of blue gems,

Verse 38 (skanda.2.42.38)

दृष्ट्वा नारायणं देवं मुच्यते कर्मबन्धनात् । अतोऽन्यतः कर्मभूमौ प्रभुत्वं सूर्यसंभव

dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ mucyate karmabandhanāt ato'nyataḥ karmabhūmau prabhutvaṁ sūryasaṁbhava

— the god Narayana, one is released from the bonds of karma. Apart from this place, O son of the Sun, your dominion holds over the [rest of the] land of karma.

Verse 39 (skanda.2.42.39)

वैक्लव्यं क्षेत्रराजेस्मिन्मा गास्त्वं यम संयमे । तवापि भगवानेष विधाता प्रपितामहः

vaiklavyaṁ kṣetrarājesminmā gāstvaṁ yama saṁyame tavāpi bhagavāneṣa vidhātā prapitāmahaḥ

Do not, O Yama, fall into distress over your office of restraint in this king of fields; this Lord is also the ordainer, the great-grandsire, even of you.

Verse 40 (skanda.2.42.40)

तिर्यंचं विष्णुसारूप्यं प्राप्तं पश्यति कौतुकात् । एष कर्मपरीपाकं सर्वेषां वेत्ति कंजजः

tiryaṁcaṁ viṣṇusārūpyaṁ prāptaṁ paśyati kautukāt eṣa karmaparīpākaṁ sarveṣāṁ vetti kaṁjajaḥ

He looks with wonder even upon a beast that has attained likeness of form with Vishnu; this lotus-born Brahma knows the ripening of karma for all beings.

Verse 41 (skanda.2.42.41)

ज्ञात्वा क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यं स्तौति देवं गदाधरम् । त्वद्वशं गंतुमुचिता नेह तिष्ठंति जंतवः

jñātvā kṣetrasya māhātmyaṁ stauti devaṁ gadādharam tvadvaśaṁ gaṁtumucitā neha tiṣṭhaṁti jaṁtavaḥ

Knowing the greatness of this field, he praises the god Gadadhara. Creatures fit to fall under your sway do not remain here.

Verse 42 (skanda.2.42.42)

वैवस्वत वसंत्यत्र जीवन्मुक्ता मुमुक्षवः । तया संबोधितस्त्वेवं विष्णुना स्त्रीस्वरूपिणा । ततोऽहंकारलज्जाभ्यां विनीतः प्राब्रवीद्यमः

vaivasvata vasaṁtyatra jīvanmuktā mumukṣavaḥ tayā saṁbodhitastvevaṁ viṣṇunā strīsvarūpiṇā tato'haṁkāralajjābhyāṁ vinītaḥ prābravīdyamaḥ

O son of Vivasvat, here dwell those liberated while living and those seeking liberation. Thus addressed by her, Vishnu in the form of a woman, Yama, humbled by both pride and shame, then spoke:

Verse 43 (skanda.2.42.43)

यम उवाच । मातस्त्वया यदाज्ञप्तं पुरा नैतन्मया श्रुतम्

yama uvāca mātastvayā yadājñaptaṁ purā naitanmayā śrutam

Yama said: O Mother, what you have just declared, I had never heard before.

Verse 44 (skanda.2.42.44)

अज्ञानोपहतो वेद्मि रहस्यं कथमुत्तमम् । यस्य स्वरूपं वेदाश्च न च वेत्ति पितामहः

ajñānopahato vedmi rahasyaṁ kathamuttamam yasya svarūpaṁ vedāśca na ca vetti pitāmahaḥ

Struck by ignorance, how could I know this supreme secret, whose very nature neither the Vedas nor even the Grandsire knows?

Verse 45 (skanda.2.42.45)

महिमानं कथं तस्य वेद्म्यहंकार मोहितः । यदादिष्टं सुरेशानि क्षेत्रमेतद्विमुक्तिदम्

mahimānaṁ kathaṁ tasya vedmyahaṁkāra mohitaḥ yadādiṣṭaṁ sureśāni kṣetrametadvimuktidam

Deluded by pride, how could I know his greatness? O Queen of the gods, as you have declared — this field grants liberation.

Verse 46 (skanda.2.42.46)

सान्निध्याद्वासुदेवस्य ईश्वरेच्छा निरंकुशा । अन्यत्र बन्धदो विष्णुरत्र मोक्षं ददाति यत्

sānnidhyādvāsudevasya īśvarecchā niraṁkuśā anyatra bandhado viṣṇuratra mokṣaṁ dadāti yat

By the very presence of Vasudeva, the Lord's will becomes unrestrained; elsewhere Vishnu binds through karma, but here he grants liberation.

Verse 47 (skanda.2.42.47)

ममापि निरयाणां च स्रष्टासौ त्रिदिवस्य च । मृतानामत्र मुक्तिश्चेत्तन्मामंब सुविस्तरम्

mamāpi nirayāṇāṁ ca sraṣṭāsau tridivasya ca mṛtānāmatra muktiścettanmāmaṁba suvistaram

He is the creator even of my hells and of heaven; if the dead attain liberation here, then, O Mother, tell me this in full detail —

Verse 48 (skanda.2.42.48)

क्षेत्रसंस्थाप्रमाणं हि तत्र स्थिति फलं हि यत् । तीर्थानि कानि संत्यत्र किमन्यद्वा रहस्यकम्

kṣetrasaṁsthāpramāṇaṁ hi tatra sthiti phalaṁ hi yat tīrthāni kāni saṁtyatra kimanyadvā rahasyakam

— the layout and dimensions of this field, and what fruit comes from dwelling there; what sacred fords exist here, and whatever other secret matter there may be —

Verse 49 (skanda.2.42.49)

किमधिष्ठातृकं क्षेत्रं तत्सर्वं कथयस्व मे । तदहं संपरित्यज्य निर्भयः संचरे यथा

kimadhiṣṭhātṛkaṁ kṣetraṁ tatsarvaṁ kathayasva me tadahaṁ saṁparityajya nirbhayaḥ saṁcare yathā

— and what deity presides over this field — tell me all of this, so that, casting off my fear, I may move about here in safety.