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mediately enriched with good behavior and transcendental qualities. Thus they were very much satisfied.
TEXT 29
निःसत्त्वा लोलुपा राजन् निरुद्योगा गतत्रपाः ।
यदा चोपेक्षिता लक्ष्म्या बभूवुदैत्यदानवाः ॥२९॥
niḥsattvā lolupā rājan nirudyogā gata-trapāḥ yadā copekṣitā lakṣmyā babhūvur daitya-dānavāḥ
niḥsattvāḥ—without strength; lolupāḥ—very greedy; rājan—O King; nirudyogāḥ—frustrated; gata-trapāḥ—shameless; yadā—when; ca—also; upekṣitāḥ—neglected; lakṣmyā—by the goddess of fortune; babhūvuḥ—they became; daitya-dānavāḥ—the demons and Rākṣasas.
TRANSLATION
O King, because of being neglected by the goddess of fortune, the demons and Rākṣasas were depressed, bewildered and frustrated, and thus they became shameless.
TEXT 30
अथासीद् वारुणी देवी कन्या कमललोचना ।
असुरा जगृहुस्तां वै हरेरनुमतेन ते ॥३०॥
athāsīd vāruṇī devī kanyā kamala-locanā asurā jagrhus tām vai harer anumatena te
atha—thereafter (after the appearance of the goddess of fortune); āsī—there was; vāruṇī—Vāruṇī; devī—the demigoddess who controls drunkards; kanyā—a young girl; kamala-locanā—lotus-eyed; asurāḥ—the demons; jagrhuḥ—accepted; tām—her; vai—indeed;