King Indra Annihilates the Demons

Verse 1 (bhagavata.8.11.1)

श्रीशुक उवाच अथो सुराः प्रत्युपलब्धचेतसः परस्य पुंसः परयानुकम्पया । जघ्नुर्भृशं शक्रसमीरणादय- स्तांस्तान्रणे यैरभिसंहताः पुरा ॥ 11.1 ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca atho surāḥ pratyupalabdha-cetasaḥ parasya puṁsaḥ parayānukampayā jaghnur bhṛśaṁ śakra-samīraṇādayas tāṁs tān raṇe yair abhisaṁhatāḥ purā

Sri Sukadeva said: Then, their consciousness restored by the supreme grace of the Supreme Person, the demigods, led by Indra and Vayu, fell with full force upon those very foes who had earlier overwhelmed them in the fight.

Verse 2 (bhagavata.8.11.2)

वैरोचनाय संरब्धो भगवान्पाकशासनः । उदयच्छद् यदा वज्रं प्रजा हा हेति चुक्रुशुः ॥ 11.2 ॥

vairocanāya saṁrabdho bhagavān pāka-śāsanaḥ udayacchad yadā vajraṁ prajā hā heti cukruśuḥ

When the mighty Pakashasana, Indra, enraged, raised his thunderbolt against the son of Virochana, the onlooking beings cried out in alarm, "Alas, alas!"

Verse 3 (bhagavata.8.11.3)

वज्रपाणिस्तमाहेदं तिरस्कृत्य पुरःस्थितम् । मनस्विनं सुसम्पन्नं विचरन्तं महामृधे ॥ 11.3 ॥

vajra-pāṇis tam āhedaṁ tiraskṛtya puraḥ-sthitam manasvinaṁ susampannaṁ vicarantaṁ mahā-mṛdhe

Scornful of Bali, who stood resolute and well-armed before him, ranging that great battlefield, Indra, thunderbolt in hand, spoke to him thus.

Verse 4 (bhagavata.8.11.4)

नटवन्मूढ मायाभिर्मायेशान् नो जिगीषसि । जित्वा बालान् निबद्धाक्षान् नटो हरति तद्धनम् ॥ 11.4 ॥

naṭavan mūḍha māyābhir māyeśān no jigīṣasi jitvā bālān nibaddhākṣān naṭo harati tad-dhanam

Indra said: O fool, you seek to defeat us — the very masters of all mystic power — by tricks of illusion, as a conjuror blindfolds children and then makes off with their wealth.

Verse 5 (bhagavata.8.11.5)

आरुरुक्षन्ति मायाभिरुत्सिसृप्सन्ति ये दिवम् । तान्दस्यून्विधुनोम्यज्ञान्पूर्वस्माच्च पदादधः ॥ 11.5 ॥

ārurukṣanti māyābhir utsisṛpsanti ye divam tān dasyūn vidhunomy ajñān pūrvasmāc ca padād adhaḥ

Those ignorant thieves who, by illusion, seek to climb into heaven and rise beyond it, I cast down below even the station they held before.

Verse 6 (bhagavata.8.11.6)

सोऽहं दुर्मायिनस्तेऽद्य वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । शिरो हरिष्ये मन्दात्मन्घटस्व ज्ञातिभिः सह ॥ 11.6 ॥

so ’haṁ durmāyinas te ’dya vajreṇa śata-parvaṇā śiro hariṣye mandātman ghaṭasva jñātibhiḥ saha

O dullard, it is I who shall now sever your head, sorcerer that you are, with this thunderbolt of a hundred joints. Rally your kinsmen and do your worst.

Verse 7 (bhagavata.8.11.7)

श्रीबलिरुवाच सङ्ग्रामे वर्तमानानां कालचोदितकर्मणाम् । कीर्तिर्जयोऽजयो मृत्युः सर्वेषां स्युरनुक्रमात् ॥ 11.7 ॥

śrī-balir uvāca saṅgrāme vartamānānāṁ kāla-codita-karmaṇām kīrtir jayo ’jayo mṛtyuḥ sarveṣāṁ syur anukramāt

Sri Bali said: All those engaged in this battle act under deeds set in motion by time itself; fame, victory, defeat and death come to everyone here in their proper turn.

Verse 8 (bhagavata.8.11.8)

तदिदं कालरशनं जगत् पश्यन्ति सूरयः । न हृष्यन्ति न शोचन्ति तत्र यूयमपण्डिताः ॥ 11.8 ॥

tad idaṁ kāla-raśanaṁ jagat paśyanti sūrayaḥ na hṛṣyanti na śocanti tatra yūyam apaṇḍitāḥ

The wise see this whole world as bound by the rein of time, and so they neither rejoice nor grieve over it — in this respect, you show yourself no sage at all.

Verse 9 (bhagavata.8.11.9)

न वयं मन्यमानानामात्मानं तत्र साधनम् । गिरो वः साधुशोच्यानां गृह्णीमो मर्मताडनाः ॥ 11.9 ॥

na vayaṁ manyamānānām ātmānaṁ tatra sādhanam giro vaḥ sādhu-śocyānāṁ gṛhṇīmo marma-tāḍanāḥ

You believe yourself alone the cause of your success — a delusion the wise can only pity. So although your words strike deep into the heart, we take no notice of them.

Verse 10 (bhagavata.8.11.10)

श्रीशुक उवाच इत्याक्षिप्य विभुं वीरो नाराचैर्वीरमर्दनः । आकर्णपूर्णैरहनदाक्षेपैराहतं पुनः ॥ 11.10 ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca ity ākṣipya vibhuṁ vīro nārācair vīra-mardanaḥ ākarṇa-pūrṇair ahanad ākṣepair āha taṁ punaḥ

Sri Sukadeva said: Having thus rebuked the mighty Indra, that hero who could subdue any warrior drew his naracha arrows to his very ear and struck him with them, then rebuked him yet again with cutting words.

Verse 11 (bhagavata.8.11.11)

एवं निराकृतो देवो वैरिणा तथ्यवादिना । नामृष्यत् तदधिक्षेपं तोत्राहत इव द्विपः ॥ 11.11 ॥

evaṁ nirākṛto devo vairiṇā tathya-vādinā nāmṛṣyat tad-adhikṣepaṁ totrāhata iva dvipaḥ

Thus reproved by an enemy who spoke only the truth, Indra took no offense at the rebuke, just as an elephant does not resent the goad that strikes it.

Verse 12 (bhagavata.8.11.12)

प्राहरत् कुलिशं तस्मा अमोघं परमर्दनः । सयानो न्यपतद् भूमौ छिन्नपक्ष इवाचलः ॥ 11.12 ॥

prāharat kuliśaṁ tasmā amoghaṁ para-mardanaḥ sayāno nyapatad bhūmau chinna-pakṣa ivācalaḥ

The crusher of foes hurled his unfailing thunderbolt at him, and Bali fell to the ground, craft and all, like a mountain whose wings have been shorn away.

Verse 13 (bhagavata.8.11.13)

सखायं पतितं दृष्ट्वा जम्भो बलिसखः सुहृत् । अभ्ययात् सौहृदं सख्युर्हतस्यापि समाचरन् ॥ 11.13 ॥

sakhāyaṁ patitaṁ dṛṣṭvā jambho bali-sakhaḥ suhṛt abhyayāt sauhṛdaṁ sakhyur hatasyāpi samācaran

Seeing his friend fallen, Jambhasura, Bali's devoted comrade, advanced to the fore, honoring the bond of friendship even toward one who seemed already struck down.

Verse 14 (bhagavata.8.11.14)

स सिंहवाह आसाद्य गदामुद्यम्य रंहसा । जत्रावताडयच्छक्रं गजं च सुमहाबलः ॥ 11.14 ॥

sa siṁha-vāha āsādya gadām udyamya raṁhasā jatrāv atāḍayac chakraṁ gajaṁ ca sumahā-balaḥ

Mounted on a lion, that mighty demon closed in swiftly, raised his mace, and struck both Indra's shoulder and his elephant with it.

Verse 15 (bhagavata.8.11.15)

गदाप्रहारव्यथितो भृशं विह्वलितो गजः । जानुभ्यां धरणीं स्पृष्ट्वा कश्मलं परमं ययौ ॥ 11.15 ॥

gadā-prahāra-vyathito bhṛśaṁ vihvalito gajaḥ jānubhyāṁ dharaṇīṁ spṛṣṭvā kaśmalaṁ paramaṁ yayau

Tormented by the blow of the mace, the elephant reeled in agony, sank to its knees upon the ground, and fell into a deep swoon.

Verse 16 (bhagavata.8.11.16)

ततो रथो मातलिना हरिभिर्दशशतैर्वृतः । आनीतो द्विपमुत्सृज्य रथमारुरुहे विभुः ॥ 11.16 ॥

tato ratho mātalinā haribhir daśa-śatair vṛtaḥ ānīto dvipam utsṛjya ratham āruruhe vibhuḥ

Then Matali the charioteer brought up the chariot drawn by a thousand horses, and the mighty Indra, leaving his elephant behind, mounted upon it.

Verse 17 (bhagavata.8.11.17)

तस्य तत् पूजयन् कर्म यन्तुर्दानवसत्तमः । शूलेन ज्वलता तं तु स्मयमानोऽहनन्मृधे ॥ 11.17 ॥

tasya tat pūjayan karma yantur dānava-sattamaḥ śūlena jvalatā taṁ tu smayamāno ’hanan mṛdhe

Even while acknowledging the charioteer's devotion to his task, that foremost of demons smiled and struck him there in the battle with a blazing trident.

Verse 18 (bhagavata.8.11.18)

सेहे रुजं सुदुर्मर्षां सत्त्वमालम्ब्य मातलिः । इन्द्रो जम्भस्य सङ्क्रुद्धो वज्रेणापाहरच्छिरः ॥ 11.18 ॥

sehe rujaṁ sudurmarṣāṁ sattvam ālambya mātaliḥ indro jambhasya saṅkruddho vajreṇāpāharac chiraḥ

Matali, steadying himself with fortitude, bore that near-unbearable pain; and Indra, now furiously enraged, severed Jambha's head with his thunderbolt.

Verse 19 (bhagavata.8.11.19)

जम्भं श्रुत्वा हतं तस्य ज्ञातयो नारदादृषेः । नमुचिश्च बलः पाकस्तत्रापेतुस्त्वरान्विताः ॥ 11.19 ॥

jambhaṁ śrutvā hataṁ tasya jñātayo nāradād ṛṣeḥ namuciś ca balaḥ pākas tatrāpetus tvarānvitāḥ

When Jambha's kinsmen — Namuchi, Bala and Paka — heard from the sage Narada that he had been slain, they hastened at once to that battlefield.

Verse 20 (bhagavata.8.11.20)

वचोभिः परुषैरिन्द्रमर्दयन्तोऽस्य मर्मसु । शरैरवाकिरन् मेघा धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ॥ 11.20 ॥

vacobhiḥ paruṣair indram ardayanto ’sya marmasu śarair avākiran meghā dhārābhir iva parvatam

Wounding Indra to the quick with harsh words, they poured arrows down upon him as clouds pour torrents of rain upon a mountain.

Verse 21 (bhagavata.8.11.21)

हरीन्दशशतान्याजौ हर्यश्वस्य बलः शरैः । तावद्भिरर्दयामास युगपल्लघुहस्तवान् ॥ 11.21 ॥

harīn daśa-śatāny ājau haryaśvasya balaḥ śaraiḥ tāvadbhir ardayām āsa yugapal laghu-hastavān

The demon Bala, his hands moving with astonishing speed, wounded all one thousand of Indra's horses at once, with an equal number of arrows loosed together.

Verse 22 (bhagavata.8.11.22)

शताभ्यां मातलिं पाको रथं सावयवं पृथक् । सकृत्सन्धानमोक्षेण तदद्भुतमभूद् रणे ॥ 11.22 ॥

śatābhyāṁ mātaliṁ pāko rathaṁ sāvayavaṁ pṛthak sakṛt sandhāna-mokṣeṇa tad adbhutam abhūd raṇe

Paka, notching and releasing two hundred arrows in a single motion, struck Matali and every part of his chariot separately — a truly astonishing feat on that battlefield.

Verse 23 (bhagavata.8.11.23)

नमुचिः पञ्चदशभिः स्वर्णपुङ्खैर्महेषुभिः । आहत्य व्यनदत्सङ्ख्ये सतोय इव तोयदः ॥ 11.23 ॥

namuciḥ pañca-daśabhiḥ svarṇa-puṅkhair maheṣubhiḥ āhatya vyanadat saṅkhye satoya iva toyadaḥ

Namuchi struck Indra with fifteen mighty gold-feathered arrows and, as he did, roared out across the battlefield like a rain-laden cloud.

Verse 24 (bhagavata.8.11.24)

सर्वतः शरकूटेन शक्रं सरथसारथिम् । छादयामासुरसुराः प्रावृट्सूर्यमिवाम्बुदाः ॥ 11.24 ॥

sarvataḥ śara-kūṭena śakraṁ saratha-sārathim chādayām āsur asurāḥ prāvṛṭ-sūryam ivāmbudāḥ

The demons blanketed Indra, together with his chariot and charioteer, on every side with a mass of arrows, just as clouds in the monsoon season blot out the sun.

Verse 25 (bhagavata.8.11.25)

अलक्षयन्तस्तमतीव विह्वला विचुक्रुशुर्देवगणाः सहानुगाः । अनायकाः शत्रुबलेन निर्जिता वणिक्पथा भिन्ननवो यथार्णवे ॥ 11.25 ॥

alakṣayantas tam atīva vihvalā vicukruśur deva-gaṇāḥ sahānugāḥ anāyakāḥ śatru-balena nirjitā vaṇik-pathā bhinna-navo yathārṇave

Unable to catch sight of him anywhere and utterly bewildered, the demigods and their followers cried out in distress; overpowered by the enemy and left leaderless, they seemed like merchants aboard a ship breaking apart in mid-ocean.

Verse 26 (bhagavata.8.11.26)

ततस्तुराषाडिषुबद्धपञ्जराद् विनिर्गतः साश्वरथध्वजाग्रणीः । बभौ दिशः खं पृथिवीं च रोचयन् स्वतेजसा सूर्य इव क्षपात्यये ॥ 11.26 ॥

tatas turāṣāḍ iṣu-baddha-pañjarād vinirgataḥ sāśva-ratha-dhvajāgraṇīḥ babhau diśaḥ khaṁ pṛthivīṁ ca rocayan sva-tejasā sūrya iva kṣapātyaye

Then Turashad broke free of that cage of arrows and emerged with his horses, chariot and banner, lighting up the directions, the sky and the earth with his own splendor, radiant as the sun rising at the passing of night.

Verse 27 (bhagavata.8.11.27)

निरीक्ष्य पृतनां देवः परैरभ्यर्दितां रणे । उदयच्छद् रिपुं हन्तुं वज्रं वज्रधरो रुषा ॥ 11.27 ॥

nirīkṣya pṛtanāṁ devaḥ parair abhyarditāṁ raṇe udayacchad ripuṁ hantuṁ vajraṁ vajra-dharo ruṣā

Seeing his own army so harried by the enemy on that field, Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, was filled with fury and raised his weapon to slay his foe.

Verse 28 (bhagavata.8.11.28)

स तेनैवाष्टधारेण शिरसी बलपाकयोः । ज्ञातीनां पश्यतां राजञ्जहार जनयन्भयम् ॥ 11.28 ॥

sa tenaivāṣṭa-dhāreṇa śirasī bala-pākayoḥ jñātīnāṁ paśyatāṁ rājañ jahāra janayan bhayam

O King, with that same eight-edged thunderbolt he struck off the heads of both Bala and Paka before the eyes of their own kinsmen, striking terror into all who watched.

Verse 29 (bhagavata.8.11.29)

नमुचिस्तद्वधं दृष्ट्वा शोकामर्षरुषान्वितः । जिघांसुरिन्द्रं नृपते चकार परमोद्यमम् ॥ 11.29 ॥

namucis tad-vadhaṁ dṛṣṭvā śokāmarṣa-ruṣānvitaḥ jighāṁsur indraṁ nṛpate cakāra paramodyamam

O King, seeing his kinsmen thus slain, Namuchi was overwhelmed with grief, indignation and fury, and made a supreme effort to kill Indra.

Verse 30 (bhagavata.8.11.30)

अश्मसारमयं शूलं घण्टावद्धेमभूषणम् । प्रगृह्याभ्यद्रवत् क्रुद्धो हतोऽसीति वितर्जयन् । प्राहिणोद् देवराजाय निनदन् मृगराडिव ॥ 11.30 ॥

aśmasāramayaṁ śūlaṁ ghaṇṭāvad dhema-bhūṣaṇam pragṛhyābhyadravat kruddho hato ’sīti vitarjayan prāhiṇod deva-rājāya ninadan mṛga-rāḍ iva

Snatching up a steel trident hung with bells and adorned with gold, the enraged Namuchi charged forward, roaring like a lion and shouting, "Now you are slain!" — and hurled it at the king of the gods.

Verse 31 (bhagavata.8.11.31)

तदापतद् गगनतले महाजवं विचिच्छिदे हरिरिषुभिः सहस्रधा । तमाहनन्नृप कुलिशेन कन्धरे रुषान्वितस्त्रिदशपतिः शिरो हरन् ॥ 11.31 ॥

tadāpatad gagana-tale mahā-javaṁ vicicchide harir iṣubhiḥ sahasradhā tam āhanan nṛpa kuliśena kandhare ruṣānvitas tridaśa-patiḥ śiro haran

O King, as that weapon of tremendous speed hurtled through the sky, Indra shattered it into a thousand fragments with his arrows; then, filled with fury, the lord of the gods struck at Namuchi's shoulder with his thunderbolt, seeking to take his head.

Verse 32 (bhagavata.8.11.32)

न तस्य हि त्वचमपि वज्र ऊर्जितो बिभेद यः सुरपतिनौजसेरितः । तदद्भुतं परमतिवीर्यवृत्रभित् तिरस्कृतो नमुचिशिरोधरत्वचा ॥ 11.32 ॥

na tasya hi tvacam api vajra ūrjito bibheda yaḥ sura-patinaujaseritaḥ tad adbhutaṁ param ativīrya-vṛtra-bhit tiraskṛto namuci-śirodhara-tvacā

Yet that mighty thunderbolt, hurled with all Indra's strength, could not so much as pierce Namuchi's skin. It was truly astonishing that the very weapon that had slain the immensely powerful Vritrasura should now be turned back by the mere skin of Namuchi's neck.

Verse 33 (bhagavata.8.11.33)

तस्मादिन्द्रोऽबिभेच्छत्रोर्वज्रः प्रतिहतो यतः । किमिदं दैवयोगेन भूतं लोकविमोहनम् ॥ 11.33 ॥

tasmād indro ’bibhec chatror vajraḥ pratihato yataḥ kim idaṁ daiva-yogena bhūtaṁ loka-vimohanam

Seeing his own thunderbolt thus repelled by his enemy, Indra grew afraid and wondered, "What strange working of fate is this, that could bewilder the whole of creation?"

Verse 34 (bhagavata.8.11.34)

येन मे पूर्वमद्रीणां पक्षच्छेदः प्रजात्यये । कृतो निविशतां भारैः पतत्त्रैः पततां भुवि ॥ 11.34 ॥

yena me pūrvam adrīṇāṁ pakṣa-cchedaḥ prajātyaye kṛto niviśatāṁ bhāraiḥ patattraiḥ patatāṁ bhuvi

Indra thought: It was with this same weapon that I once sheared off the wings of the mountains, which, crashing to earth under their own weight, were destroying living beings.

Verse 35 (bhagavata.8.11.35)

तपःसारमयं त्वाष्ट्रं वृत्रो येन विपाटितः । अन्ये चापि बलोपेताः सर्वास्त्रैरक्षतत्वचः ॥ 11.35 ॥

tapaḥ-sāramayaṁ tvāṣṭraṁ vṛtro yena vipāṭitaḥ anye cāpi balopetāḥ sarvāstrair akṣata-tvacaḥ

With this same bolt was slain Vritra, born of the very essence of Tvashta's austerities, and many another mighty hero besides, whose skin no weapon could pierce, fell to it as well.

Verse 36 (bhagavata.8.11.36)

सोऽयं प्रतिहतो वज्रो मया मुक्तोऽसुरेऽल्पके । नाहं तदाददे दण्डं ब्रह्मतेजोऽप्यकारणम् ॥ 11.36 ॥

so ’yaṁ pratihato vajro mayā mukto ’sure ’lpake nāhaṁ tad ādade daṇḍaṁ brahma-tejo ’py akāraṇam

Yet this very thunderbolt, loosed by me against so minor a demon, has come back thwarted! Charged though it is with the power of Brahman itself, it is now no more than a useless rod — I shall wield it no longer.

Verse 37 (bhagavata.8.11.37)

इति शक्रं विषीदन्तमाह वागशरीरिणी । नायं शुष्कैरथो नार्द्रैर्वधमर्हति दानवः ॥ 11.37 ॥

iti śakraṁ viṣīdantam āha vāg aśarīriṇī nāyaṁ śuṣkair atho nārdrair vadham arhati dānavaḥ

As Indra sat thus dejected, a disembodied voice spoke to him: "This demon cannot be slain by anything that is dry, nor by anything that is wet."

Verse 38 (bhagavata.8.11.38)

मयास्मै यद् वरो दत्तो मृत्युर्नैवार्द्रशुष्कयोः । अतोऽन्यश्चिन्तनीयस्ते उपायो मघवन् रिपोः ॥ 11.38 ॥

mayāsmai yad varo datto mṛtyur naivārdra-śuṣkayoḥ ato ’nyaś cintanīyas te upāyo maghavan ripoḥ

"I myself granted this one the boon that death would never come to him from anything wet or anything dry. So, O Maghavan, you must devise some other means against this enemy of yours."

Verse 39 (bhagavata.8.11.39)

तां दैवीं गिरमाकर्ण्य मघवान्सुसमाहितः । ध्यायन् फेनमथापश्यदुपायमुभयात्मकम् ॥ 11.39 ॥

tāṁ daivīṁ giram ākarṇya maghavān susamāhitaḥ dhyāyan phenam athāpaśyad upāyam ubhayātmakam

Hearing that divine voice, Maghavan fell into deep concentration, and, meditating, he perceived his answer in foam — a substance that is neither wet nor dry.

Verse 40 (bhagavata.8.11.40)

न शुष्केण न चार्द्रेण जहार नमुचेः शिरः । तं तुष्टुवुर्मुनिगणा माल्यैश्चावाकिरन्विभुम् ॥ 11.40 ॥

na śuṣkeṇa na cārdreṇa jahāra namuceḥ śiraḥ taṁ tuṣṭuvur muni-gaṇā mālyaiś cāvākiran vibhum

With that which was neither dry nor wet, Indra severed Namuchi's head. Then the assembled sages praised him and showered garlands upon that exalted lord until he was almost hidden beneath them.

Verse 41 (bhagavata.8.11.41)

गन्धर्वमुख्यौ जगतुर्विश्वावसुपरावसू । देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुर्नर्तक्यो ननृतुर्मुदा ॥ 11.41 ॥

gandharva-mukhyau jagatur viśvāvasu-parāvasū deva-dundubhayo nedur nartakyo nanṛtur mudā

Vishvavasu and Paravasu, foremost among the Gandharvas, broke into song; the drums of heaven resounded, and the celestial dancers danced for joy.

Verse 42 (bhagavata.8.11.42)

अन्येऽप्येवं प्रतिद्वन्द्वान्वाय्वग्निवरुणादयः । सूदयामासुरसुरान् मृगान्केसरिणो यथा ॥ 11.42 ॥

anye ’py evaṁ pratidvandvān vāyv-agni-varuṇādayaḥ sūdayām āsur asurān mṛgān kesariṇo yathā

In the same way, Vayu, Agni, Varuna and the other demigods struck down their own rival demons, as lions strike down deer.

Verse 43 (bhagavata.8.11.43)

ब्रह्मणा प्रेषितो देवान्देवर्षिर्नारदो नृप । वारयामास विबुधान्दृष्ट्वा दानवसङ्क्षयम् ॥ 11.43 ॥

brahmaṇā preṣito devān devarṣir nārado nṛpa vārayām āsa vibudhān dṛṣṭvā dānava-saṅkṣayam

O King, seeing the demons being annihilated wholesale, Lord Brahma sent the divine sage Narada, who went and restrained the demigods from further battle.

Verse 44 (bhagavata.8.11.44)

श्रीनारद उवाच भवद्भिरमृतं प्राप्तं नारायणभुजाश्रयैः । श्रिया समेधिताः सर्व उपारमत विग्रहात् ॥ 11.44 ॥

śrī-nārada uvāca bhavadbhir amṛtaṁ prāptaṁ nārāyaṇa-bhujāśrayaiḥ śriyā samedhitāḥ sarva upāramata vigrahāt

Sri Narada said: Sheltered by the arms of Narayana, you have already won the nectar, and by the grace of the goddess of fortune you are now made prosperous in every way. Cease, then, from this fighting.

Verse 45 (bhagavata.8.11.45)

श्रीशुक उवाच संयम्य मन्युसंरम्भं मानयन्तो मुनेर्वचः । उपगीयमानानुचरैर्ययुः सर्वे त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ 11.45 ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca saṁyamya manyu-saṁrambhaṁ mānayanto muner vacaḥ upagīyamānānucarair yayuḥ sarve triviṣṭapam

Sri Sukadeva said: Honoring the sage's counsel, the demigods restrained the fury of their anger, and, praised in song by their attendants, all returned to the heavenly realm.

Verse 46 (bhagavata.8.11.46)

येऽवशिष्टा रणे तस्मिन् नारदानुमतेन ते । बलिं विपन्नमादाय अस्तं गिरिमुपागमन् ॥ 11.46 ॥

ye ’vaśiṣṭā raṇe tasmin nāradānumatena te baliṁ vipannam ādāya astaṁ girim upāgaman

Those demons who survived that battle, following Narada's counsel, carried the stricken Bali away with them to Mount Asta, in the west.

Verse 47 (bhagavata.8.11.47)

तत्राविनष्टावयवान् विद्यमानशिरोधरान् । उशना जीवयामास संजीवन्या स्वविद्यया ॥ 11.47 ॥

tatrāvinaṣṭāvayavān vidyamāna-śirodharān uśanā jīvayām āsa saṁjīvanyā sva-vidyayā

There, by his own Sanjivani lore, Ushana (Shukracharya) restored to life all those whose limbs remained intact and whose heads and necks were still whole.

Verse 48 (bhagavata.8.11.48)

बलिश्चोशनसा स्पृष्टः प्रत्यापन्नेन्द्रियस्मृतिः । पराजितोऽपि नाखिद्यल्लोकतत्त्वविचक्षणः ॥ 11.48 ॥

baliś cośanasā spṛṣṭaḥ pratyāpannendriya-smṛtiḥ parājito ’pi nākhidyal loka-tattva-vicakṣaṇaḥ

At Shukracharya's touch, Bali regained his senses and his memory. Being deeply wise in the true nature of this world, he did not grieve, even in defeat.