hanyamānān - being killed; svakān - his own soldiers; dṛṣṭvā - after seeing; puruṣa-anucaraiḥ - by the associates of the Supreme Person; baliḥ - Bali Mahārāja; vārayām āsa - forbade; saṁrabdhān - even though they were very angry; kāvya-śāpam - the curse given by Śukrācārya; anusmaran - remembering.

When Bali Mahārāja saw that his own soldiers were being killed by the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, he remembered the curse of Śukrācārya and forbade his soldiers to continue fighting.