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ŚB 8.11.47

Devanagari

तत्राविनष्टावयवान् विद्यमानशिरोधरान् ।
उशना जीवयामास संजीवन्या स्वविद्यया ॥ ४७ ॥

Text

tatrāvinaṣṭāvayavān
vidyamāna-śirodharān
uśanā jīvayām āsa
saṁjīvanyā sva-vidyayā

Synonyms

tatra — on that hill; avinaṣṭa-avayavān — the demons who had been killed but whose bodily parts had not been lost; vidyamāna-śirodharān — whose heads were still existing on their bodies; uśanāḥ — Śukrācārya; jīvayām āsa — brought to life; saṁjīvanyā — by the Saṁjīvanī mantra; sva-vidyayā — by his own achievement.

Translation

There, on that hill, Śukrācārya brought to life all the dead demoniac soldiers who had not lost their heads, trunks and limbs. He achieved this by his own mantra, known as Saṁjīvanī.