Dasakam 089 - Sloka 06

भद्रं ते शाकुनेय भ्रमसि किमधुना त्वं पिशाचस्य वाचा सन्देहश्चेन्मदुक्तौ तव किमु न करोष्यङ्गुलीमङ्गमौलौ । इत्थं त्वद्वाक्यमूढ: शिरसि कृतकर: सोऽपतच्छिन्नपातं भ्रंशो ह्येवं परोपासितुरपि च गति: शूलिनोऽपि त्वमेव ॥६॥भद्रं ते शाकुनेयhail to you O son of Shakuni!भ्रमसि किं अधुना त्वं(why are) running about now youपिशाचस्य वाचाon a ghost's wordsसन्देह:-चेत्-मत्-उक्तौdoubt if there is in my wordsतव किमु न करोषि-on your, why not do you doअङ्गुलीम्-अङ्ग-मौलौthe finger, O dear One, on the headइत्थं त्वत्-वाक्य-मूढ:thus by Thy words fooledशिरसि कृत-कर:on head placing handस:-अपतत्-छिन्न-पातंhe fell (like) an uprooted treeभ्रंश:- हि-एवंdestruction indeed suchपर-उपासितु:अपिother (deities) worshipping indeedच गति:and are a last resortशूलिन:-अपि त्वम्-एवto Shankara also Thou aloneHail to you O son of Shakuni! Why are you needlessly running about, placing your faith in this ghost? If you doubt my words, O dear One! Test for yourself by placing your fingers on your own head.' Befooled by these words of Thine, he placed his hand on his head and immediately fell down dead as an uprooted tree. Such is the fate of the people who worship other deities. What more, Thou are the ultimate refuge of even Shiva.