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Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons

Verse 50 of 43
SB 8.10.50

सृष्टो दैत्येन सुमहान्वह्निः श्वसनसारथिः सांवर्तक इवात्युग्रो विबुधध्वजिनीमधाक्

sṛṣṭo daityena sumahān vahniḥ śvasana-sārathiḥ sāṁvartaka ivātyugro vibudha-dhvajinīm adhāk

Synonyms

sṛṣṭaḥcreated; daityenaby the demon (Bali Mahārāja); su-mahānvery great, devastating; vahniḥa fire; śvasana-sārathiḥbeing carried by the blasting wind; sāṁvartakaḥthe fire named Sāṁvartaka, which appears during the time of dissolution; ivajust like; ativery much; ugraḥterrible; vibudhaof the demigods; dhvajinīmthe soldiers; adhākburned to ashes..

Translation

A great devastating fire created by Bali Mahārāja began burning all the soldiers of the demigods. This fire, accompanied by blasting winds, seemed as terrible as the Sāṁvartaka fire, which appears at the time of dissolution.

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