Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 58: Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.58.27

mayaś ca mocito vahneḥ

sabhāḿ sakhya upāharat

yasmin duryodhanasyāsīj

jala-sthala-dṛśi-bhramaḥ

SYNONYMS

mayaḥ — the demon named Maya; ca — and; mocitaḥ — delivered; vahneḥ — from the fire; sabhāman assembly hall; sakhyeto his friend, Arjuna; upāharat — presented; yasminin which; duryodhanasya — of Duryodhana; āsīt — there was; jala — of water; sthala — and dry ground; dṛśiin seeing; bhramaḥ — confusion.

TRANSLATION

When the demon Maya was saved from the fire by his friend Arjuna, Maya presented him with an assembly hall, in which Duryodhana would later mistake water for a solid floor.

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