SB 10.66.28 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

सुदक्षिणस्तस्य सुत: कृत्वा संस्थाविधिं पते: । निहत्य पितृहन्तारं यास्याम्यपचितिं पितु: ॥ २७ ॥ इत्यात्मनाभिसन्धाय सोपाध्यायो महेश्वरम् । सुदक्षिणोऽर्चयामास परमेण समाधिना ॥ २८ ॥

Verse text

sudakṣiṇas tasya sutaḥ kṛtvā saṁsthā-vidhiṁ pateḥ nihatya pitṛ-hantāraṁ yāsyāmy apacitiṁ pituḥ ity ātmanābhisandhāya sopādhyāyo maheśvaram su-dakṣiṇo ’rcayām āsa parameṇa samādhinā

Synonyms

sudakṣiṇaḥ — named Sudakṣiṇa ; tasya — his (Kāśirāja’s) ; sutaḥ — son ; kṛtvā — executing ; saṁsthā — vidhim — the funeral rituals ; pateḥ — of his father ; nihatya — by killing ; pitṛ — of my father ; hantāram — the killer ; yāsyāmi — I will achieve ; apacitim — revenge ; pituḥ — for my father ; iti — thus ; ātmanā — with his intelligence ; abhisandhāya — deciding ; sa — with ; upādhyāyaḥ — priests ; mahā — īśvaram — the great Lord Śiva ; su — dakṣiṇaḥ — being very charitable ; arcayām āsa — he worshiped ; parameṇa — with great ; samādhinā — attention .

Translation

After the King’s son Sudakṣiṇa had performed the obligatory funeral rituals for his father, he resolved within his mind: “Only by killing my father’s murderer can I avenge his death.” Thus the charitable Sudakṣiṇa, together with his priests, began worshiping Lord Maheśvara with great attention.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

After the King's son Sudakṣiṇa had performed the obligatory funeral rituals for his father, he resolved within his mind: "Only by killing my father's murderer can I avenge his death." Thus the charitable Sudakṣiṇa, together with his priests, began worshiping Lord Maheśvara with great attention. KB 10.66.27-28 The King of Kāśī had a son whose name was Sudakṣiṇa. After observing the ritualistic funeral ceremonies, he took a vow that since Kṛṣṇa was the enemy of his father, he would kill Kṛṣṇa and in this way liquidate his debt to his father. Therefore, accompanied by a learned priest qualified to help him, he began to worship Mahādeva, Lord Śiva. (Lord Śiva, who is also known as Viśvanātha, is the lord of the kingdom of Kāśī. The temple of Lord Viśvanātha is still existing in Vārāṇasī, and many thousands of pilgrims still gather daily in that temple.)

Purport

Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: “The lord of the kingdom of Kāśi is Viśvanātha (Lord Śiva). The temple of Lord Viśvanātha is still existing in Vārāṇasī, and many thousands of pilgrims still gather daily in that temple.”

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

His son was similarly unintelligent. Along with his priests he began worshipping Śiva with great concentration.

Purport (Sanatana Goswami)

Sudakṣiṇa was his name. Along with his priests he began worshipping Śiva with great concentration. By deciding in this way himself (ātmanā), since he was the main person with such bad thoughts, he worshipped Śiva.