विससर्ज तदा बाणं मत्वा तं स्वजितं स्मर: । सर्वं तत्राभवन्मोघमनीशस्य यथोद्यम: ॥ २८ ॥
visasarja tadā bāṇaṁ matvā taṁ sva-jitaṁ smaraḥ sarvaṁ tatrābhavan mogham anīśasya yathodyamaḥ
- visasarja
- shot
- tadā
- then
- bāṇam
- the arrow
- matvā
- thinking
- tam
- him
- sva
- by himself
- jitam
- conquered
- smaraḥ
- Cupid
- sarvam
- all this
- tatra
- directed at the sage
- abhavat
- became
- mogham
- futile
- anīśasya
- of an atheist disbeliever
- yathā
- just as
- udyamaḥ
- the endeavors
Cupid, thinking he had conquered the sage, then shot his arrow. But all these attempts to seduce Mārkaṇḍeya proved futile, just like the useless endeavors of an atheist.