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ŚB 3.19.5

Devanagari

गदायामपविद्धायां हाहाकारे विनिर्गते ।
मानयामास तद्धर्मं सुनाभं चास्मरद्विभु: ॥ ५ ॥

Text

gadāyām apaviddhāyāṁ
hāhā-kāre vinirgate
mānayām āsa tad-dharmaṁ
sunābhaṁ cāsmarad vibhuḥ

Synonyms

gadāyām — as His mace; apaviddhāyām — fell; hāhā-kāre — a cry of alarm; vinirgate — arose; mānayām āsa — acknowledged; tat — of Hiraṇyākṣa; dharmam — righteousness; sunābham — the Sudarśana cakra; ca — and; asmarat — remembered; vibhuḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Translation

As the Lord’s mace fell to the ground and a cry of alarm arose from the witnessing crowd of gods and ṛṣis, the Personality of Godhead acknowledged the demon’s love of righteousness and therefore invoked His Sudarśana discus.