Text 32] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce 233
TEXT 32
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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.”
