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ŚB 8.21.15

Devanagari

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

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.