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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.47

tatrāvinaṣṭāvayavān

vidyamāna-śirodharān

uśanā jīvayām āsa

saḿjīvanyā sva-vidyayā

SYNONYMS

tatra — on that hill; avinaṣṭa-avayavān — the demons who had been killed but whose bodily parts had not been lost; vidyamāna-śirodharān — whose heads were still existing on their bodies; uśanāḥ — Śukrācārya; jīvayām āsa — brought to life; saḿjīvanyā — by the Saḿjīvanī mantra; sva-vidyayā — by his own achievement.

TRANSLATION

There, on that hill, Śukrācārya brought to life all the dead demoniac soldiers who had not lost their heads, trunks and limbs. He achieved this by his own mantra, known as Saḿjīvanī.

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