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GOVERN
 
192
 
OF CULTURE
 
CON
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
Then, taking the nectar-vessel,
Hari spoke in words beautified with a
gentle smile: "Good or bad, if you would
accept whatever I do, I shall divide this
nectar amongst you."
 
विमो
 
Sr.
 
Lord/
 
इत्यभिव्याहृतं तस्यास्ततथेत्यन्वमंसत ॥
 
(The demons) approved of what She
spoke, saying: "Let it be so."
 
प्राङ्मुखेषूपविष्टेषु सुरेषु दितिजेषु च ।
कल्पयित्वा पृथक्पङक्तीरुभयेषां जगत्पतिः ।
दैत्यान्गृहीतकलशो वञ्चयन्नुपसञ्चरैः ।
दूरस्थान्पाययामास जरामृत्युहरां सुधाम् ॥
 
When the gods and the demons had
sat facing the east, the Lord of the uni-
verse made two separate rows for the
two ; and with the nectar-vessel in his
hand, He deceived the demons, merely
approaching them often (with sweet
gestures and words), and made (the gods),
sitting at a distance, drink that nectar
which destroyed old age and death.