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SB 8.6.32

Devanāgarī

ततो देवासुरा: कृत्वा संविदं कृतसौहृदा: । उद्यमं परमं चक्रुरमृतार्थे परन्तप ॥ ३२ ॥

Text

tato devāsurāḥ kṛtvā saṁvidaṁ kṛta-sauhṛdāḥ udyamaṁ paramaṁ cakrur amṛtārthe parantapa

Synonyms

tataḥ—thereafter;deva-asurāḥ—both the demons and the demigods;kṛtvā—executing;saṁvidam—indicating;kṛta-sauhṛdāḥ—an armistice between them;udyamam—enterprise;paramam—supreme;cakruḥ—they did;amṛta-arthe—for the sake of nectar;parantapa—O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, chastiser of enemies.

Translation

O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, chastiser of enemies, the demigods and the demons thereafter made an armistice between them. Then, with great enterprise, they arranged to produce nectar, as proposed by Lord Indra.

Purport

The word saṁvidam is significant in this verse. The demigods and demons both agreed to stop fighting, at least for the time being, and endeavored to produce nectar. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura notes in this connection:

saṁvid yuddhe pratijñāyām ācāre nāmni toṣaṇe sambhāṣaṇe kriyākāre saṅketa-jñānayor api

The word saṁvit is variously used to mean “in fighting,” “in promising,” “for satisfying,” “in addressing,” “by practical action,” “indication,” and “knowledge.”
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