Narada said Thereafter that lady, seeing that she was persistently called by the name of Death, became afraid of acting otherwise. And in fear of Brahma's malediction, she said Yea.' Unable to set at naught the behests of Brahma, she began, renouncing wrath and desire, 10 deprive living creatures of their lives, when their last days came.
नारद उवाच च्छापाद् भीता बाढमित्यब्रवीत् तम्। सा च प्राणं प्राणिनामन्तकाले कामक्रोधौ त्यज्य हरत्यसक्ता॥