गदायामपविद्धायां हाहाकारे विनिर्गते । मानयामास तद्धर्मं सुनाभं चास्मरद्विभु: ॥ ५ ॥
gadayam apaviddhayam haha-kare vinirgate manayam asa tad-dharmam sunabham casmarad vibhuh
- gadayam
- as His mace
- apaviddhayam
- fell
- haha-kare
- a cry of alarm
- vinirgate
- arose
- manayam asa
- acknowledged
- tat
- of Hiranyaksa
- dharmam
- righteousness
- sunabham
- the Sudarsana cakra
- ca
- and
- asmarat
- remembered
- vibhuh
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
As the Lord’s mace fell to the ground and a cry of alarm arose from the witnessing crowd of gods and rsis, the Personality of Godhead acknowledged the demon’s love of righteousness and therefore invoked His Sudarsana discus.