Text 2] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce 205
tesam avirabhid rajan
sahasrarkodaya-dyutih
Sri-Sukah uvéca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam—in this way;
stutah—being worshiped by prayers; sura-ganaih—by the demigods;
bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; harih—the van-
quisher of all inauspiciousness; isvarah—the supreme controller;
tesam—in front of Lord Brahma and all the demigods; dvirabhit —ap-
peared there; rajan—O King (Pariksit); sahasra—of thousands; arka—
of suns; udaya—like the rising; dyutih—His effulgence.
TRANSLATION
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King Pariksit, the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, Hari, being thus worshiped with prayers by
the demigods and Lord Brahma, appeared before them. His bodily
effulgence resembled the simultaneous rising of thousands of
suns.
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tenaiva sahasa sarve
devah pratihateksanah
napasyan kham disah ksaunim
atmanam ca kuto vibhum
tena eva—because of this; sahasd—all of a sudden; sarve—all;
devah—the demigods; pratihata-iksanah—their vision being blocked;
na—not; apasyan—could see; kham—the sky; disah—the directions;
ksaunim—land; adtma@nam ca—also themselves; kutah—and where is
the question of seeing; vibhum—the Supreme Lord.
TRANSLATION
The vision of all the demigods was blocked by the Lord’s
effulgence. Thus they could see neither the sky, the directions, the
