SB 12.8.28 • मूल श्लोक

विससर्ज तदा बाणं मत्वा तं स्वजितं स्मर: । सर्वं तत्राभवन्मोघमनीशस्य यथोद्यम: ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

visasarja tadā bāṇaṁ matvā taṁ sva-jitaṁ smaraḥ sarvaṁ tatrābhavan mogham anīśasya yathodyamaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

visasarja — shot; tadā — then; bāṇam — the arrow; matvā — thinking; tam — him; sva — by himself; jitam — conquered; smaraḥ — Cupid; sarvam — all this; tatra — directed at the sage; abhavat — became; mogham — futile; anīśasya — of an atheist disbeliever; yathā — just as; udyamaḥ — the endeavors.

Translation

“Cupid, thinking he had conquered the sage, then shot his arrow. But all these attempts to seduce Mārkaṇḍeya proved futile, just like the useless endeavors of an atheist.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda