Text 30] Battle Between the Demigods and Vrtrasura 183
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te sva-praydsam vitatham niriksya
harav abhakta hata-yuddha-darpah
palayandyaji-mukhe visrjya
patim manas te dadhur atta-sarah
te—they (the demons); sva-praydsam—their own endeavors:
vitatham—fruitless; niriksya—seeing; harau abhaktah—the asuras,
those who are not devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
hata—defeated; | yuddha-darpah—their pride in __ fighting:
palayanaya—for leaving the battlefield; aji-mukhe—in the very begin-
ning of the battle; visryya—leaving aside; patim—their commander,
Vrtrasura; manah—their minds; te—all of them; dadhuh—gave; atta-
sdrah—whose prowess was taken away.
TRANSLATION
The asuras, who are never devotees of Lord Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, lost their pride in fighting when they
found all their endeavors futile. Leaving aside their leader even in
the very beginning of the fight, they decided to flee because all
their prowess had been taken away by the enemy.
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TAA: AKT TAT Taq |
qeatad set AS a ae
waa ata fea a IRoll
urtro ’suramms tan anugan manasvi
pradhavatah preksya babhdsa etat
palayitam preksya balam ca bhagnam
bhayena tivrena vihasya virah
vrtrah—Vrtrasura, the commander of the demons: asurdn—all the
demons; tan—them; anugadn—his followers; manasvi—the great-
