ते पालयन्त: समयमसुरा: स्वकृतं नृप । तूष्णीमासन्कृतस्नेहा: स्त्रीविवादजुगुप्सया ॥ २२ ॥
te palayantah samayam asurah sva-krtam nrpa tusnim asan krta-snehah stri-vivada-jugupsaya
- te
- the demons
- palayantah
- keeping in order
- samayam
- equilibrium
- asurah
- the demons
- sva-krtam
- made by them
- nrpa
- O King
- tusnim asan
- remained silent
- krta-snehah
- because of having developed attachment to Mohini-murti
- stri-vivada
- disagreeing with a woman
- jugupsaya
- because of thinking such an action as abominable.
O King, since the demons had promised to accept whatever the woman did, whether just or unjust, now, to keep this promise, to show their equilibrium and to save themselves from fighting with a woman, they remained silent.