Text 32] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce
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TEXT 32
ततो देवासुराः कृत्वा संविदं कृतसौहृदाः । उद्यमं परमं चक्रुरमृतार्थे परन्तप ॥३२॥
tato devāsurāḥ kṛtvā saṁvidaṁ kṛta-sauhṛdāḥ udyamaṁ paramaṁ cakrur amṛtārthe parantapa
tataḥ—thereafter; deva-asurāḥ—both the demons and the demigods; kṛtvā—executing; saṁvidaṁ—indicating; kṛta-sauhṛdāḥ—an armistice between them; udyamaṁ—enterprise; paramaṁ—supreme; cakruḥ—they did; amṛta-arthe—for the sake of nectar; parantapa—O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, chastiser of enemies.
TRANSLATION
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, chastiser of enemies, the demigods and the demons thereafter made an armistice between them. Then, with great enterprise, they arranged to produce nectar, as proposed by Lord Indra.
PURPORT
The word  saṁvidaṁ  is significant in this verse. The demigods and demons both agreed to stop fighting, at least for the time being, and endeavored to produce nectar. Srila Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura notes in this connection:
saṁvid yuddhe pratijñāyām ācāre nāmni toṣaṇe sambhāṣaṇe kriyākāre saṅketa-jñānayor api
The word  saṁvit  is variously used to mean “in fighting,” “in promising,” “for satisfying,” “in addressing,” “by practical action,” “indication,” and “knowledge.”