visasarja - shot; tadā - then; bāṇam - the arrow; matvā - thinking; tam - him; sva - by himself; jitam - conquered; smaraḥ - Cupid; sarvam - all this; tatra - directed at the sage; abhavat - became; mogham - futile; anīśasya - of an atheist disbeliever; yathā - just as; udyamaḥ - the endeavors.

Cupid, thinking he had conquered the sage, then shot his arrow. But all these attempts to seduce Mārkaṇḍeya proved futile, just like the useless endeavors of an atheist.