श्रीशुक उवाच यदा युद्धेऽसुरैर्देवा बध्यमाना: शितायुधै: । गतासवो निपतिता नोत्तिष्ठेरन्स्म भूरिश: ॥ १५ ॥ यदा दुर्वास: शापेन सेन्द्रा लोकास्त्रयो नृप । नि:श्रीकाश्चाभवंस्तत्र नेशुरिज्यादय: क्रिया: ॥ १६ ॥
sri-suka uvaca yada yuddhe ’surair deva badhyamanah sitayudhaih gatasavo nipatita nottistheran sma bhurisah yada durvasah sapena sendra lokas trayo nrpa nihsrikas cabhavams tatra nesur ijyadayah kriyah
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- yada
- when
- yuddhe
- in the fighting
- asuraih
- by the demons
- devah
- the demigods
- badhyamanah
- besieged
- sita-ayudhaih
- by serpent weapons
- gata-asavah
- almost dead
- nipatitah
- some of them having fallen
- na
- not
- uttistheran
- got up again
- sma
- so became
- bhurisah
- the majority of them
- yada
- when
- durvasah
- of Durvasa Muni
- sapena
- with the curse
- sa-indrah
- with Indra
- lokah trayah
- the three worlds
- nrpa
- O King
- nihsrikah
- without any material opulence
- ca
- also
- abhavan
- became
- tatra
- at that time
- nesuh
- could not be performed
- ijya-adayah
- sacrifices
- kriyah
- ritualistic ceremonies
Sukadeva Gosvami said: When the asuras, with their serpent weapons, severely attacked the demigods in a fight, many of the demigods fell and lost their lives. Indeed, they could not be revived. At that time, O King, the demigods had been cursed by Durvasa Muni, the three worlds were poverty-stricken, and therefore ritualistic ceremonies could not be performed. The effects of this were very serious.