Text 4] The Battle Between the Demigods and Demons 29

nectar to the demigods, who are His dear devotees, He left the
presence of them all and was carried by Garuda to His own abode.

TEXT 3

araat THe Ce a (afer: |
AIAN § sBlqeengqang4n: Il 3 I

sapatnanam param rddhim
drstva te diti-nandanah
amrsyamana utpetur

devan pratyudyatayudhah

sapatnandm—of their rivals, the demigods; param—the best;
rddhim—opulence; drstua—observing; te—all of them; diti-nan-
danah—the sons of Diti, the Daityas; amrsyamanah—being intolerant;
utpetuh—ran toward (just to create a disturbance); devdn—the
demigods; pratyudyata-ayudhah—their weapons raised.

TRANSLATION

Seeing the victory of the demigods, the demons became in-
tolerant of their superior opulence. Thus they began to march
toward the demigods with raised weapons.

TEXT 4
Ta: GEMM: AT aN Maafean: |
mfadagy: || TAATTAMARPAAT: II 8 II

tatah sura-ganah sarve
sudhaya pitayaidhitah
pratisamyuyudhuh Ssastrair
narayana-padasrayah
tatah—thereafter; sura-ganah—the demigods; sarve—all of them;

sudhaya—by the nectar; pitaya—which had been drunk; edhitah—
being enlivened by such drinking; pratisamyuyudhuh—they
