—json {
"name":"SB 8.21.18", "h1":"SB 8.21.18", "label":"Text 18", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.21.18", "description":"When Bali Mahārāja saw that his own soldiers were being killed by the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, he remembered the curse of Śukrācārya and forbade his soldiers to continue fighting."
} —
hanyamānān svakān dṛṣṭvā
puruṣānucarair baliḥ
vārayām āsa saṁrabdhān
kāvya-śāpam anusmaran
hanyamānān—being killed; svakān—his own soldiers; dṛṣṭvā—after seeing; puruṣa-anucaraiḥ—by the associates of the Supreme Person; baliḥ—Bali Mahārāja; vārayām āsa—forbade; saṁrabdhān—even though they were very angry; kāvya-śāpam—the curse given by Śukrācārya; anusmaran—remembering.
When Bali Mahārāja saw that his own soldiers were being killed by the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, he remembered the curse of Śukrācārya and forbade his soldiers to continue fighting.