Text 2] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce
205
teṣām āvirabhūd rājan sahasrārkodaya-dyutiḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—in this way; stutaḥ—being worshiped by prayers; sura-gaṇaiḥ—by the demigods; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hariḥ—the vanquisher of all inauspiciousness; īśvaraḥ—the supreme controller; teṣām—in front of Lord Brahmā and all the demigods; āvirabhūt—appeared there; rājan—O King (Parikṣit); sahasra—of thousands; arka—of suns; udaya—like the rising; dyutiḥ—His effulgence.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parikṣit, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, being thus worshiped with prayers by the demigods and Lord Brahmā, appeared before them. His bodily effulgence resembled the simultaneous rising of thousands of suns.
TEXT 2
तेनैव सहसा सर्वे देवाः प्रतिहतेक्षणाः । नापश्यन्त्वं दिशः क्षौणीमात्मानं च कुतो विश्वम् ॥२॥
tenaiva sahasā sarve devāḥ pratihatekṣaṇāḥ nāpaśyan kham diśaḥ kṣauṇīm ātmānam ca kuto vibhum
tena eva—because of this; sahasā—all of a sudden; sarve—all; devāḥ—the demigods; pratihata-īkṣaṇāḥ—their vision being blocked; na—not; apaśyan—could see; kham—the sky; diśaḥ—the directions; kṣauṇīm—land; ātmānam ca—also themselves; kutaḥ—and where is the question of seeing; vibhum—the Supreme Lord.
TRANSLATION
The vision of all the demigods was blocked by the Lord's effulgence. Thus they could see neither the sky, the directions, the