SB 8.21.18
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 18
- hanyamānān svakān dṛṣṭvā
- puruṣānucarair baliḥ
- vārayām āsa saṁrabdhān
- kāvya-śāpam anusmaran
SYNONYMS
hanyamānān — being killed; svakān — his own soldiers; dṛṣṭvā — after seeing; puruṣa-anucaraiḥ — by the associates of the Supreme Person; baliḥ — Bali Mahārāja; vārayām āsa — forbade; saṁrabdhān — even though they were very angry; kāvya-śāpam — the curse given by Śukrācārya; anusmaran — remembering.
TRANSLATION
When Bali Mahārāja saw that his own soldiers were being killed by the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, he remembered the curse of Śukrācārya and forbade his soldiers to continue fighting.