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SB 10.37.14

Devanāgarī

दिष्ट्या ते निहतो दैत्यो लीलयायं हयाकृति: । यस्य हेषितसन्त्रस्तास्त्यजन्त्यनिमिषा दिवम् ॥ १४ ॥

Text

diṣṭyā te nihato daityo līlayāyaṁ hayākṛtiḥ yasya heṣita-santrastās tyajanty animiṣā divam

Synonyms

diṣṭyā—by (our) good fortune;te—by You;nihataḥ—killed;daityaḥ—demon;līlayā—as a game;ayam—this;haya-ākṛtiḥ—having the form of a horse;yasya—whose;heṣita—by the neighing;santrastāḥ—terrified;tyajanti—abandon;animiṣāḥ—the demigods;divam—heaven.

Translation

The horse demon was so terrifying that his neighing frightened the demigods into leaving their heavenly kingdom. But by our good fortune You have enjoyed the sport of killing him.

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