SB 8.21.15

SB 8.21.15

Devanagari

तानभिद्रवतो द‍ृष्ट्वा दितिजानीकपान् नृप । प्रहस्यानुचरा विष्णो: प्रत्यषेधन्नुदायुधा: ॥ १५ ॥

Verse text

tān abhidravato dṛṣṭvā ditijānīkapān nṛpa prahasyānucarā viṣṇoḥ pratyaṣedhann udāyudhāḥ

Synonyms

tān them ; abhidravataḥ thus going forward ; dṛṣṭvā seeing ; ditija anīka — pān — the soldiers of the demons ; nṛpa O King ; prahasya smiling ; anucarāḥ the associates ; viṣṇoḥ of Lord Viṣṇu ; pratyaṣedhan forbade ; udāyudhāḥ taking up their weapons .

Translation

O King, when the associates of Lord Viṣṇu saw the soldiers of the demons coming forward in violence, they smiled. Taking up their weapons, they forbade the demons to continue their attempt.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O King! When the associates of Lord Viṣṇu saw the demons attacking, they took up their weapons while smiling and repulsed them.