SB 12.8.28

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Twelfth Canto - Chapter 8: Mārkaṇḍeya's Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi

SB 12.8.26-27 - SB 12.8.29

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 28

visasarja tadā bāṇaṁ

matvā taṁ sva-jitaṁ smaraḥ

sarvaṁ tatrābhavan mogham

anīśasya yathodyamaḥ

SYNONYMS

visasarja — shot; tadā — then; bāṇam — the arrow; matvā — thinking; tam — him; sva — by himself; jitam — conquered; smaraḥ — Cupid; sarvam — all this; tatra — directed at the sage; abhavat — became; mogham — futile; anīśasya — of an atheist disbeliever; yathā — just as; udyamaḥ — the endeavors.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Cupid, thinking he had conquered the sage, then shot his arrow. But all these attempts to seduce Mārkaṇḍeya proved futile, just like the useless endeavors of an atheist.

SB 12.8.26-27 - SB 12.8.29