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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.9.19
SYNONYMS
asuranam -- of the demons; sudha-danam -- giving of the nectar; sarpanam -- of snakes; iva -- like; durnayam -- miscalculation; matva -- thinking like that; jati-nrisamsanam -- of those who are by nature very envious; na -- not; tam -- the nectar; vyabhajat -- delivered the share; acyutah -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who never falls down.
TRANSLATION
Demons are by nature crooked like snakes. Therefore, to distribute a share of the nectar to them was not at all feasible, since this would be as dangerous as supplying milk to a snake. Considering this, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who never falls down, did not deliver a share of nectar to the demons.
PURPORT
It is said, sarpah krurah khalah krurah sarpat kruratarah khalah: "The snake is very crooked and envious, and so also is a person like a demon." Mantraushadhi-vasah sarpah khalah kena nivaryate: "One can bring a snake under control with mantras, herbs and drugs, but an envious and crooked person cannot be brought under control by any means." Considering this logic, the Supreme Personality of Godhead thought it unwise to distribute nectar to the demons.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness