Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 11: King Indra Annihilates the Demons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.43

brahmaṇā preṣito devān

devarṣir nārado nṛpa

vārayām āsa vibudhān

dṛṣṭvā dānava-sańkṣayam

SYNONYMS

brahmaṇā — by Lord Brahmā; preṣitaḥ — sent; devān — unto the demigods; deva-ṛṣiḥ — the great sage of the heavenly planets; nāradaḥNārada Muni; nṛpaO King; vārayām āsa — forbade; vibudhān — all the demigods; dṛṣṭvā — after seeing; dānava-sańkṣayam — the total annihilation of the demons.

TRANSLATION

O King, when Lord Brahmā saw the imminent total annihilation of the demons, he sent a message with Nārada, who went before the demigods to make them stop fighting.

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