Shiva Purana

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एवं देवैस्समारब्धं तृणमुद्दिश्य यत्नतः ॥ व्यर्थमासीदहो कृष्ण यक्षस्यात्मबलेन वै ॥ ५४ ॥

sanskrit

Thus everything initiated by the gods strenuously against the grass was a flop. O Kṛṣṇa, it was due to the power of that Yakṣa alone.

english translation

evaM devaissamArabdhaM tRNamuddizya yatnataH ॥ vyarthamAsIdaho kRSNa yakSasyAtmabalena vai ॥ 54 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/37/54

एवं देवैस्समारब्धं तृणमुद्दिश्य यत्नतः ॥ व्यर्थमासीदहो कृष्ण यक्षस्यात्मबलेन वै ॥ ५४ ॥

sanskrit

Thus everything initiated by the gods strenuously against the grass was a flop. O Kṛṣṇa, it was due to the power of that Yakṣa alone.

english translation

evaM devaissamArabdhaM tRNamuddizya yatnataH ॥ vyarthamAsIdaho kRSNa yakSasyAtmabalena vai ॥ 54 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript