आकर्ण्य भर्तुर्गदितं तमूचुर्देवशत्रव: । देवान् प्रति कृतामर्षा दैतेया नातिकोविदा: ॥ ३० ॥
ākarṇya bhartur gaditaṁ tam ūcur deva-śatravaḥ devān prati kṛtāmarṣā daiteyā nāti-kovidāḥ
- ākarṇya
- after hearing
- bhartuḥ
- of their master
- gaditam
- the words or statement
- tam ūcuḥ
- replied to him
- deva-śatravaḥ
- all the asuras, who were enemies of the demigods
- devān
- the demigods
- prati
- toward
- kṛta-amarṣāḥ
- who were envious
- daiteyāḥ
- the asuras
- na
- not
- ati-kovidāḥ
- who were very expert in executing transactions
After hearing their master’s statement, the envious asuras, who were enemies of the demigods and were not very expert in their dealings, advised Kaṁsa as follows.