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Chapter 21: Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord

Verse 18 of 31
SB 8.21.18

हन्यमानान्स्वकान्दृष्ट्वा पुरुषानुचरैर्बलिः वारयामास संरब्धान्काव्यशापमनुस्मरन्

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

Synonyms

hanyamānānbeing killed; svakānhis own soldiers; dṛṣṭvāafter seeing; puruṣa-anucaraiḥby the associates of the Supreme Person; baliḥBali Mahārāja; vārayām āsaforbade; saṁrabdhāneven though they were very angry; kāvya-śāpamthe curse given by Śukrācārya; anusmaranremembering..

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.

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