Text 57] The Battle Between the Demigods and Demons 61
was on the battlefield, the demon immediately took his trident, whirled it and discharged it at Garuḍa's head. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, the master of the three worlds, immediately caught the trident, and with the very same weapon he killed the enemy Kālanemi, along with his carrier, the lion.
PURPORT
In this regard, Śrīla Madhvācārya says:
kālanemy-ādayaḥ sarve kariṇā nihatā api śukreṇojjīvitāḥ santaḥ punas tenaiva pātitāḥ
“Kālanemi and all the other demons were killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, and when Śukrācārya, their spiritual master, brought them back to life, they were again killed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”
TEXT 57
माली सुमाल्यतिबलौ युधि पेततुर्य- चक्रेण कृत्तशिरसावथ माल्यवांस्तम् । आहत्य तिग्मगदयाहनदण्डजेन्द्रं तावच्छिरोऽच्छिन्दरेन्दतोऽरिणाघः ॥ ५७ ॥
mālī sumāly atibalau yudhi petatur yac- cakreṇa kṛtta-śirasāv atha mālyavāṁs tam āhatya tigma-gadayāhanad aṇḍajendraṁ tāvac chiro 'cchinad arer nadato 'riṇādyaḥ
mālī sumālī—two demons named Mālī and Sumālī; ati-balau—very powerful; yudhi—on the battlefield; petatuḥ—fell down; yat-cakreṇa—by whose disc; kṛtta-śirasau—their heads having been cut off; atha—thereupon; mālyavān—Mālyavān; tam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; āhatya—attacking; tigma-gadayā—with a very sharp club; ahanat—attempted to attack, kill; aṇḍa-ja-indram—Garuḍa, the king