Text 32] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce 233

TEXT 32

aat Mra: Heat afas Hater: |
CUCM COCO M CCC MELT

tato devasurah krtva
samvidam krta-sauhrdah

udyamam paramam cakrur
amrtarthe parantapa

tatah—thereafter; deva-asurah—both the demons and the demigods;
krtva—executing; sarnvidam—indicating; krta-sauhrdah—an armistice
between them; udyamam—enterprise; paramam—supreme; cakruh—
they did; amrta-arthe—for the sake of nectar; parantapa—O Maharaja
Pariksit, chastiser of enemies.

TRANSLATION

O Maharaja Pariksit, chastiser of enemies, the demigods and the
demons thereafter made an armistice between them. Then, with

great enterprise, they arranged to produce nectar, as proposed by
Lord Indra.

PURPORT

The word sarvidam is significant in this verse. The demigods and
demons both agreed to stop fighting, at least for the time being, and en-
deavored to produce nectar. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura notes
in this connection:

samvid yuddhe pratijiayam
adcaGre nadmni tosane
sambhasane kriyakare
sarketa-jfidnayor api
The word samvit is variously used to mean “‘in fighting,” “in promis-
ing,” “for satisfying,” ‘‘in addressing,” ‘‘by practical action,”
“indication,” and “‘knowledge.”
