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ŚB 9.14.7

Devanagari

सर्वदेवगणोपेतो महेन्द्रो गुरुमन्वयात् ।
सुरासुरविनाशोऽभूत् समरस्तारकामय: ॥ ७ ॥

Text

sarva-deva-gaṇopeto
mahendro gurum anvayāt
surāsura-vināśo ’bhūt
samaras tārakāmayaḥ

Synonyms

sarva-deva-gaṇa — by all the different demigods; upetaḥ — joined; mahendraḥ — Mahendra, the King of heaven, Indra; gurum — his spiritual master; anvayāt — followed; sura — of the demigods; asura — and of the demons; vināśaḥ — causing destruction; abhūt — there was; samaraḥ — a fight; tārakā-mayaḥ — simply because of Tārā, a woman, the wife of Bṛhaspati.

Translation

King Indra, accompanied by all kinds of demigods, joined the side of Bṛhaspati. Thus there was a great fight, destroying both demons and demigods, only for the sake of Tārā, Bṛhaspati’s wife.