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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.8.28

విససర్జ తదా బాణం మత్వా తం స్వజితం స్మర: । సర్వం తత్రాభవన్మోఘమనీశస్య యథోద్యమ: ॥ ౨౮ ॥
visasarja tadā bāṇaṁ
[visasarja tadaa baanam]
matvā taṁ sva-jitaṁ smaraḥ
[matvaa tam sva-jitam smarah]
sarvaṁ tatrābhavan mogham
[sarvam tatraabhavan mogham]
anīśasya yathodyamaḥ
[aneeshasya yathodyamah]
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
visasarja tadā bāṇaṁ
visasarja
shot
tadā
then
bāṇam
the arrow
matvā taṁ sva-jitaṁ smaraḥ
matvā
thinking
tam
him
sva
by himself
jitam
conquered
smaraḥ
Cupid
sarvaṁ tatrābhavan mogham
sarvam
all this
tatra
directed at the sage
abhavat
became
mogham
futile
anīśasya yathodyamaḥ
anīśasya
of an atheist disbeliever
yathā
just as
udyamaḥ
the endeavors.
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.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Cupid, thinking he had conquered the sage, then shot his arrow. But all these attempts proved futile, just like the useless endeavors of a person with bad luck. Anīśasya means “of a person with bad fortune.”
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