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| Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.10.50
sṛṣṭo daityena sumahān
vahniḥ śvasana-sārathiḥ
sāḿvartaka ivātyugro
vibudha-dhvajinīm adhāk
SYNONYMS
sṛṣṭaḥ — created; daityena — by the demon (Bali Mahārāja); su-mahān — very great, devastating; vahniḥ — a fire; śvasana-sārathiḥ — being carried by the blasting wind; sāḿvartakaḥ — the fire named Sāḿvartaka, which appears during the time of dissolution; iva — just like; ati — very much; ugraḥ — terrible; vibudha — of the demigods; dhvajinīm — the soldiers; adhāk — burned to ashes.
TRANSLATION
A great devastating fire created by Bali Mahārāja began burning all the soldiers of the demigods. This fire, accompanied by blasting winds, seemed as terrible as the Sāḿvartaka fire, which appears at the time of dissolution.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness