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.