Text 25] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce 227

churn the ocean of milk with undiverted attention. Thus the
demons will be engaged in labor, but you, the demigods, will gain
the actual result, the nectar produced from the ocean.

PURPORT
It appears that when different kinds of drugs, creepers, grass and
vegetables are put into this milk and the milk is churned, as milk is

churned for butter, the active principles of the vegetables and drugs mix
with the milk, and the result is nectar.

TEXT 24

qa age afeorrg: Ta: |
vara faeattg aatat: aeAATAATMIel!

yityam tad anumodadhvam
yad icchanty asurah surah

na sarnrambhena sidhyanti
sarvarthah sdntvayad yatha

yiiyam—all of you; tat—that; anumodadhvam—should accept; yat—
whatever; icchanti—they desire; asurédh—the demons; surah—O
demigods; na—not; samrambhena—by being agitated in anger;
sidhyanti—are very successful; sarva-arthah—all desired ends;
santvaya—by peaceful execution; yathad—as.

TRANSLATION

My dear demigods, with patience and peace everything can be
done, but if one is agitated by anger, the goal is not achieved.
Therefore, whatever the demons ask, agree to their proposal.

TEXT 25

a daed Hae Aaa |
BUTS HUA A ATLA TT: BIMET FRAT UI
