प्रायोऽधुना तेऽसुरयूथनाथा अपारणीया इति देवि मे मति: । यत्तेऽनुकूलेश्वरविप्रगुप्ता न विक्रमस्तत्र सुखं ददाति ॥ १६ ॥
prayo ’dhuna te ’sura-yutha-natha aparaniya iti devi me matih yat te ’nukulesvara-vipra-gupta na vikramas tatra sukham dadati
- prayah
- almost
- adhuna
- at the present moment
- te
- all of them
- asura-yutha-nathah
- the chiefs of the demons
- aparaniyah
- unconquerable
- iti
- thus
- devi
- O mother Aditi
- me
- My
- matih
- opinion
- yat
- because
- te
- all the demons
- anukula-isvara-vipra-guptah
- protected by brahmanas, by whose favor the supreme controller is always present
- na
- not
- vikramah
- the use of power
- tatra
- there
- sukham
- happiness
- dadati
- can give
O mother of the demigods, in My opinion almost all the chiefs of the demons are now unconquerable, for they are being protected by brahmanas, whom the Supreme Lord always favors. Thus the use of power against them now will not at all be a source of happiness.