Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 11: The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.11.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

ta evaḿ śaḿsato dharmaḿ

vacaḥ patyur acetasaḥ

naivāgṛhṇanta sambhrāntāḥ

palāyana-parā nṛpa

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; te — they; evam — thus; śaḿsataḥ — praising; dharmam — the principles of religion; vacaḥ — the words; patyuḥ — of their master; acetasaḥ — their minds being very disturbed; na — not; eva — indeed; agṛhṇanta — accepted; sambhrāntāḥ — fearful; palāyana-parāḥ — intent upon fleeing; nṛpaO King.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, Vṛtrāsura, the commander in chief of the demons, advised his lieutenants in the principles of religion, but the cowardly demoniac commanders, intent upon fleeing the battlefield, were so disturbed by fear that they could not accept his words.

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