Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 7: The Science of God

Chapter 10: Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees. Text 53

श्रीनारद उवाच
निर्जिता असुरा देवैर्युध्यनेनोपबृंहितैः ।
मायिनां परमाचार्यं मयं शरणमाययुः ॥५३॥

Å›rÄ«-nÄrada uvÄca
nirjitÄ asurÄ devair
yudhy anenopabá¹›á¹hitaiḥ
mÄyinÄá¹ paramÄcÄryaá¹
mayaá¹ Å›araṇam Äyayuḥ

 Å›rÄ«-nÄradaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« NÄrada Muni said; nirjitÄḥ - being defeated; asurÄḥ - all the demons; devaiḥ - by the demigods; yudhi - in battle; anena - by Lord Kṛṣṇa; upabá¹›á¹hitaiḥ - increased in power; mÄyinÄm - of all the demons; parama-ÄcÄryam - the best and largest; mayam - unto Maya DÄnava; Å›araṇam - shelter; Äyayuḥ - took.


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NÄrada Muni said: When the demigods, who are always powerful by the mercy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, fought with the asuras, the asuras were defeated, and therefore they took shelter of Maya DÄnava, the greatest of the demons.

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