Chapter 5
श्रीशुक उवाच यदा युद्धेऽसुरैर्देवा बध्यमाना: शितायुधै: । गतासवो निपतिता नोत्तिष्ठेरन्स्म भूरिश: ॥ १५ ॥ यदा दुर्वास: शापेन सेन्द्रा लोकास्त्रयो नृप । नि:श्रीकाश्चाभवंस्तत्र नेशुरिज्यादय: क्रिया: ॥ १६ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca yadā yuddhe ’surair devā badhyamānāḥ śitāyudhaiḥ gatāsavo nipatitā nottiṣṭheran sma bhūriśaḥyadā durvāsaḥ śāpena sendrā lokās trayo nṛpa niḥśrīkāś cābhavaṁs tatra neśur ijyādayaḥ kriyāḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; yadā — when; yuddhe — in the fighting; asuraiḥ — by the demons; devāḥ — the demigods; badhyamānāḥ — besieged; śita-āyudhaiḥ — by serpent weapons; gata-āsavaḥ — almost dead; nipatitāḥ — some of them having fallen; na — not; uttiṣṭheran — got up again; sma — so became; bhūriśaḥ — the majority of them; yadā — when; durvāsaḥ — of Durvāsā Muni; śāpena — with the curse; sa-indrāḥ — with Indra; lokāḥ trayaḥ — the three worlds; nṛpa — O King; niḥśrīkāḥ — without any material opulence; ca — also; abhavan — became; tatra — at that time; neśuḥ — could not be performed; ijya-ādayaḥ — sacrifices; kriyāḥ — ritualistic ceremonies.
Translation
“Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When the asuras, with their serpent weapons, severely attacked the demigods in a fight, many of the demigods fell and lost their lives. Indeed, they could not be revived. At that time, O King, the demigods had been cursed by Durvāsā Muni, the three worlds were poverty-stricken, and therefore ritualistic ceremonies could not be performed. The effects of this were very serious.”