SB 8.21.18

SB 8.21.18

Devanagari

हन्यमानान् स्वकान् द‍ृष्ट्वा पुरुषानुचरैर्बलि: । वारयामास संरब्धान् काव्यशापमनुस्मरन् ॥ १८ ॥

Verse text

hanyamānān svakān dṛṣṭvā puruṣānucarair baliḥ vārayām āsa saṁrabdhān kāvya-śāpam anusmaran

Synonyms

hanyamānān being killed ; svakān his own soldiers ; dṛṣṭvā after seeing ; puruṣa anucaraiḥ — by the associates of the Supreme Person ; baliḥ Bali Mahārāja ; vārayām āsa forbade ; saṁrabdhān even though they were very angry ; kāvya śāpam — the curse given by Śukrācārya ; anusmaran remembering .

Translation

When Bali Mahārāja saw that his own soldiers were being killed by the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, he remembered the curse of Śukrācārya and forbade his soldiers to continue fighting.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

When Bali Mahārāja saw that his soldiers were being killed by the associates of Viṣṇu and when he remembered the curse of Śukrācārya, he prevented his angry soldiers from fighting.