Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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गदायामपविद्धायां हाहाकारे विनिर्गते
मानयामास तद्धर्मं सुनाभं चास्मरद्विभुः

gadāyām apaviddhāyāṁ
hāhā-kāre vinirgate
mānayām āsa tad-dharmaṁ
sunābhaṁ cāsmarad vibhuḥ

WORD BY WORD

gadāyām — as His mace; apaviddhāyām — fell; hāhā-kāre — a cry of alarm; vinirgate — arose; mānayām āsa — acknowledged; tat — of Hiraṇyākṣa; dharmam — righteousness; sunābham — the Sudarśana cakra; ca — and; asmarat — remembered; vibhuḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead;

TRANSLATION

As the Lord’s mace fell to the ground and a cry of alarm arose from the witnessing crowd of gods and ṛṣis, the Personality of Godhead acknowledged the demon’s love of righteousness and therefore invoked His Sudarśana discus.

PURPORT

This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.

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