Shloka 5

अन्धक-हिरण्याक्ष-प्रसङ्गः, वराहावतारः, दंष्ट्राभूषणं च

Devanagari script

ततः सब्रह्मका देवाः परिम्लानमुखश्रियः बाधितास्ताडिता बद्ध्वा हिरण्याक्षेण तेन वै

Transliteration

tataḥ sabrahmakā devāḥ parimlānamukhaśriyaḥ bādhitāstāḍitā baddhvā hiraṇyākṣeṇa tena vai

Translation

ਤਦੋਂ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਸਮੇਤ ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਚਿਹਰਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਕਾਂਤੀ ਮੁਰਝਾ ਗਈ। ਉਹ ਪੀੜਤ, ਮਾਰੇ-ਕੁੱਟੇ ਅਤੇ ਬੰਨ੍ਹੇ ਹੋਏ—ਉਸ ਹਿਰਣ੍ਯਾਕ੍ਸ਼ ਵੱਲੋਂ—ਸੱਚਮੁੱਚ ਬੇਬਸ ਹੋ ਗਏ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then

• सब्रह्मका: together with Brahmā

• देवाः: the gods (Devas)

• परिम्लानमुखश्रियः: whose facial splendor had faded, whose countenances were drooping

• बाधिताः: afflicted, oppressed

• ताडिताः: struck, beaten

• बद्ध्वा: having been bound, tied up

• हिरण्याक्षेण: by Hiranyākṣa

• तेन वै: by him indeed, verily

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)