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  "name":"SB 9.20.31",
  "h1":"SB 9.20.31",
  "label":"Text 31",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.20.31",
  "description":"Formerly, after conquering the demigods, all the demons had taken shelter in the lower planetary system known as Rasātala and had brought all the wives and daughters of the demigods there also. Mahārāja Bharata, however, rescued all those women, along with their associates, from the clutches of the demons, and he returned them to the demigods."

} —

SB 9.20.31

Text

jitvā purāsurā devān
ye rasaukāṁsi bhejire
deva-striyo rasāṁ nītāḥ
prāṇibhiḥ punar āharat

Synonyms

jitvā—conquering; purā—formerly; asurāḥ—the demons; devān—the demigods; ye—all who; rasa-okāṁsi—in the lower planetary system known as Rasātala; bhejire—took shelter; deva-striyaḥ—the wives and daughters of the demigods; rasām—in the lower planetary system; nītāḥ—were brought; prāṇibhiḥ—with their own dear associates; punaḥ—again; āharat—brought back to their original places.

Translation

Formerly, after conquering the demigods, all the demons had taken shelter in the lower planetary system known as Rasātala and had brought all the wives and daughters of the demigods there also. Mahārāja Bharata, however, rescued all those women, along with their associates, from the clutches of the demons, and he returned them to the demigods.