असुराणां सुधादानं सर्पाणामिव दुर्नयम् । मत्वा जातिनृशंसानां न तां व्यभजदच्युत: ॥ १९ ॥
asuranam sudha-danam sarpanam iva durnayam matva jati-nrsamsanam na tam vyabhajad acyutah
- asuranam
- of the demons
- sudha-danam
- giving of the nectar
- sarpanam
- of snakes
- iva
- like
- durnayam
- miscalculation
- matva
- thinking like that
- jati-nrsamsanam
- of those who are by nature very envious
- na
- not
- tam
- the nectar
- vyabhajat
- delivered the share
- acyutah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who never falls down.
Demons are by nature crooked like snakes. Therefore, to distribute a share of the nectar to them was not at all feasible, since this would be as dangerous as supplying milk to a snake. Considering this, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who never falls down, did not deliver a share of nectar to the demons.