Canto 9: LiberationChapter 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.6.13

kṛtānta āsīt samaro

devānāḿ saha dānavaiḥ

pārṣṇigrāho vṛto vīro

devair daitya-parājitaiḥ

SYNONYMS

kṛta-antaḥa devastating war; āsīt — there was; samaraḥa fight; devānām — of the demigods; saha — with; dānavaiḥ — the demons; pārṣṇigrāhaḥa very good assistant; vṛtaḥ — accepted; vīraḥa 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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