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ŚB 12.8.28

Devanagari

विससर्ज तदा बाणं मत्वा तं स्वजितं स्मर: ।
सर्वं तत्राभवन्मोघमनीशस्य यथोद्यम: ॥ २८ ॥

Text

visasarja tadā bāṇaṁ
matvā taṁ sva-jitaṁ smaraḥ
sarvaṁ tatrābhavan mogham
anīśasya yathodyamaḥ

Synonyms

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.

Translation

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.