Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 8: The Churning of the Milk Ocean

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.29

niḥsattvā lolupā rājan

nirudyogā gata-trapāḥ

yadā copekṣitā lakṣmyā

babhūvur daitya-dānavāḥ

SYNONYMS

niḥsattvāḥ — without strength; lolupāḥ — very greedy; rājanO King; nirudyogāḥ — frustrated; gata-trapāḥ — shameless; yadā — when; ca — also; upekṣitāḥ — neglected; lakṣmyā — by the goddess of fortune; babhūvuḥ — they became; daitya-dānavāḥ — the demons and Rākṣasas.

TRANSLATION

O King, because of being neglected by the goddess of fortune, the demons and Rākṣasas were depressed, bewildered and frustrated, and thus they became shameless.

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