दृष्ट्वारीनप्यसंयत्ताञ्जातक्षोभान्स्वनायकान् । न्यषेधद् दैत्यराट् श्लोक्य: सन्धिविग्रहकालवित् ॥ २८ ॥
drstvarin apy asamyattan jata-ksobhan sva-nayakan nyasedhad daitya-rat slokyah sandhi-vigraha-kalavit
- drstva
- observing
- arin
- the enemies
- api
- although
- asamyattan
- without any endeavor to fight
- jata-ksobhan
- who became agitated
- sva-nayakan
- his own captains and commanders
- nyasedhat
- prevented
- daitya-rat
- the Emperor of the Daityas, Maharaja Bali
- slokyah
- very respectable and prominent
- sandhi
- for making negotiations
- vigraha
- as well as for fighting
- kala
- the time
- vit
- completely aware of.
Maharaja Bali, a most celebrated king of the demons, knew very well when to make peace and when to fight. Thus although his commanders and captains were agitated and were about to kill the demigods, Maharaja Bali, seeing that the demigods were coming to him without a militant attitude, forbade his commanders to kill them.