daÅ›Äsya-bÄṇayos tuá¹£á¹aḥ
stuvator vandinor iva
aiÅ›varyam atulaá¹ dattvÄ
tata Äpa su-saá¹…kaá¹am
daÅ›a-Äsya - with ten-headed RÄvaṇa; bÄṇayoḥ - and with BÄṇa; tuá¹£á¹aḥ - satisfied; stuvatoḥ - who sang his glories; vandinoḥ iva - like minstrels; aiÅ›varyam - power; atulam - unequaled; dattvÄ - giving; tataḥ - then; Äpa - he obtained; su - great; saá¹…kaá¹am - difficulty.
He became pleased with ten-headed RÄvaṇa, and also with BÄṇa, when they each chanted his glories, like bards in a royal court. Lord Åšiva then bestowed unprecedented power upon each of them, but in both cases he was consequently beset with great difficulty.
RÄvaṇa worshiped Lord Åšiva to gain power and then misused that power to uproot the lord’s residence, sacred KailÄsa-parvata. On BÄṇÄsura’s request, Lord Åšiva agreed to personally guard BÄṇa’s capital, and later he had to fight for BÄṇa against ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa and His sons.
