Verse 2.1.52

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.1.52:

इति कर्तव्यता-मूढो दीनः सन् स्वप्नम् आगतः ।
तया देव्या सहागत्य तत्रादिष्टः शिवेन सः ॥ ५२ ॥

iti kartavyatā-mūḍho dīnaḥ san svapnam āgataḥ |
tayā devyā sahāgatya tatrādiṣṭaḥ śivena saḥ || 52 ||

iti–thus; kartavyatā–about what should be done; mūḍhaḥ–confused; dīnaḥ–wretched; san–being; svapnam–sleep; āgataḥ–came; tayā–her; devyā saha–with the goddess; āgatya–appeared; tatra–there; ādiṣṭaḥ–ordered; śivena–by Śrī Mahādeva; saḥ–he.

The brāhmaṇa then became confused about his duties. In a state of despair, he fell asleep. Śrī Mahādeva, along with Devī, appeared in his dream and ordered him as follows.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śrī Parīkṣit says, “Then, the bewildered brāhmaṇa could not determine his actual duty, whether it was to accept sannyāsa or to engage in chanting his mantra. Because his mind had been rendered restless by constantly associating with sannyāsīs and hearing their words, he was unable to discern his real duty. In this distressed condition, he finally fell asleep. The goddess, who had initiated him into the mantra in his dream and who later had ordered him to continue chanting, and in whom the brāhmaṇa had strong faith, now again appeared in his dream along with Śrī Mahādeva, who spoke to him as follows.”