Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.10.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

iti dānava-daiteyā

nāvindann amṛtaḿ nṛpa

yuktāḥ karmaṇi yattāś ca

vāsudeva-parāńmukhāḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; dānava-daiteyāḥ — the asuras and the demons; na — not; avindan — achieved (the desired result); amṛtam — nectar; nṛpaO King; yuktāḥ — all being combined; karmaṇiin the churning; yattāḥ — engaged with full attention and effort; ca — and; vāsudeva — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa; parāńmukhāḥ — because of being nondevotees.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, the demons and Daityas all engaged with full attention and effort in churning the ocean, but because they were not devotees of Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, they were not able to drink the nectar.

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