Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.16.34
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अनुग्रहोऽयं भवत: कृतो हि नो
दण्डोऽसतां ते खलु कल्मषापह: ।
यद् दन्दशूकत्वममुष्य देहिन:
क्रोधोऽपि तेऽनुग्रह एव सम्मत: ॥ ३४ ॥
anugraho ’yaṁ bhavataḥ kṛto hi no
daṇḍo ’satāṁ te khalu kalmaṣāpahaḥ
yad dandaśūkatvam amuṣya dehinaḥ
krodho ’pi te ’nugraha eva sammataḥ
What You have done here is actually mercy for us, since the punishment You give to the wicked certainly drives away all their contamination. Indeed, because this conditioned soul, our husband, is so sinful that he has assumed the body of a serpent, Your anger toward him is obviously to be understood as Your mercy.
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