Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.8.28

visasarja tadā bāṇaḿ

matvā taḿ sva-jitaḿ smaraḥ

sarvaḿ tatrābhavan mogham

anīśasya yathodyamaḥ

SYNONYMS

visasarja — shot; tadā — then; bāṇam — the arrow; matvā — thinking; tam — him; sva — by himself; jitam — conquered; smaraḥ — Cupid; sarvam — all this; tatra — directed at the sage; abhavat — became; mogham — futile; anīśasya — of an atheist disbeliever; yathā — just as; udyamaḥ — the endeavors.

TRANSLATION

Cupid, thinking he had conquered the sage, then shot his arrow. But all these attempts to seduce Mārkaṇḍeya proved futile, just like the useless endeavors of an atheist.

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