SB 8.11.43

SB 8.11.43

Devanagari

ब्रह्मणा प्रेषितो देवान्देवर्षिर्नारदो नृप ।
वारयामास विबुधान्‍द‍ृष्ट्वा दानवसङ्‌क्षयम् ॥ ४३ ॥

Verse text

brahmaṇā preṣito devān
devarṣir nārado nṛpa
vārayām āsa vibudhān
dṛṣṭvā dānava-saṅkṣayam

Synonyms

brahmaṇā — by Lord Brahmā ; preṣitaḥ — sent ; devān — unto the demigods ; deva-ṛṣiḥ — the great sage of the heavenly planets ; nāradaḥ — Nārada Muni ; nṛpa — O King ; vārayām āsa — forbade ; vibudhān — all the demigods ; dṛṣṭvā — after seeing ; dānava-saṅkṣayam — the total annihilation of the demons.

Translation

O King, when Lord Brahmā saw the imminent total annihilation of the demons, he sent a message with Nārada, who went before the demigods to make them stop fighting.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O King! Sent by Brahmā, Nārada, on seeing the destruction of the demons, stopped the devatās from doing so.