Devanagari
अतस्त्वमेको भूतानां सेश्वराणामधीश्वर: ।
शास्ता दण्डधरो नृणां शुभाशुभविवेचन: ॥ ७ ॥
Verse text
atas tvam eko bhūtānāṁ
seśvarāṇām adhīśvaraḥ
śāstā daṇḍa-dharo nṝṇāṁ
śubhāśubha-vivecanaḥ
Synonyms
ataḥ
—
as such
;
tvam
—
you
;
ekaḥ
—
one
;
bhūtānām
—
of all living beings
;
sa
—
īśvarāṇām — including all the demigods
;
adhīśvaraḥ
—
the supreme master
;
śāstā
—
the supreme ruler
;
daṇḍa
—
dharaḥ — the supreme administrator of punishment
;
nṝṇām
—
of human society
;
śubha
—
aśubha — vivecanaḥ — who discriminates between what is auspicious and inauspicious .
Translation
The supreme judge must be one, not many. It was our understanding that you are that supreme judge and that you have jurisdiction even over the demigods. Our impression was that you are the master of all living entities, the supreme authority who discriminates between the pious and impious activities of all human beings.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
You are the one controller and punisher of all living beings including the devatās. You alone decide the happiness and distress of all humans.