Text 58] Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
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TRANSLATION
Thereafter, when the demons had begun to destroy the higher planetary systems, the rulers of those planets went to Lord Śiva, fully surrendered unto him and said: Dear Lord, we demigods living in the three worlds are about to be vanquished. We are your followers. Kindly save us.
TEXT 57
अथानुगृह्य मगवान्मा भैष्टेति सुरान्विभ्रुः । शरं धनुषि सन्धाय पुरेष्वस्त्रं व्यमुञ्चत ॥५७॥
athānugṛhya bhagavān mā bhaiṣṭeti surān vibhuḥ śaram dhanuṣi sandhāya pureṣv astram vyamuñcata
atha—thereafter; anugṛhya—just to show them favor; bhagavān—the most powerful; mā—do not; bhaiṣṭa—be afraid; iti—thus; surān—unto the demigods; vibhuḥ—Lord Śiva; śaram—arrows; dhanuṣi—on the bow; sandhāya—fixing; pureṣv—at those three residences occupied by the demons; astram—weapons; vyamuñcata—released.
TRANSLATION
The most powerful and able Lord Śiva reassured them and said, “Do not be afraid.” He then fixed his arrows to his bow and released them toward the three residences occupied by the demons.
TEXT 58
ततोऽग्निवर्णा ह्षव उत्पेतुः सूर्यमण्डलात् । यथा मयूखसंदोहा नाद्ध्यन्त पुरो यतः ॥५८॥
tato 'gni-varṇā iṣava utpetuḥ sūrya-maṇḍalāt yathā mayūkha-sandohā nādṛśyanta puro yataḥ