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  "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."

} —

SB 8.21.18

Text

hanyamānān svakān dṛṣṭvā
puruṣānucarair baliḥ
vārayām āsa saṁrabdhān
kāvya-śāpam anusmaran

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.