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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.6.13
kṛtānta āsīt samaro
devānāḿ saha dānavaiḥ
pārṣṇigrāho vṛto vīro
devair daitya-parājitaiḥ
SYNONYMS
kṛta-antaḥ — a devastating war; āsīt — there was; samaraḥ — a fight; devānām — of the demigods; saha — with; dānavaiḥ — the demons; pārṣṇigrāhaḥ — a very good assistant; vṛtaḥ — accepted; vīraḥ — a hero; devaiḥ — by the demigods; daitya — by the demons; parājitaiḥ — who had been conquered.
TRANSLATION
Formerly, there was a devastating war between the demigods and the demons. The demigods, having been defeated, accepted Purañjaya as their assistant and then conquered the demons. Therefore this hero is known as Purañjaya, "he who conquered the residence of the demons."
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