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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.25

తస్మిన్ ప్రవిష్టే వరుణస్య సైనికా యాదోగణా: సన్నధియ: ససాధ్వసా: । అహన్యమానా అపి తస్య వర్చసా ప్రధర్షితా దూరతరం ప్రదుద్రువు: ॥ ౨౫ ॥
tasmin praviṣṭe varuṇasya sainikā
[tasmin pravishte varunasya sainikaa]
yādo-gaṇāḥ sanna-dhiyaḥ sasādhvasāḥ
[yaado-ganaah sanna-dhiyah sasaadhvasaah]
ahanyamānā api tasya varcasā
[ahanyamaanaa api tasya varchasaa]
pradharṣitā dūrataraṁ pradudruvuḥ
[pradharshitaa doorataram pradudruvuh]
tasmin praviṣṭe — when he entered the ocean varuṇasya — of Varuṇa sainikāḥ — the defenders yādaḥ-gaṇāḥ — the aquatic animals sanna-dhiyaḥ — depressed sa-sādhvasāḥ — with fear ahanyamānāḥ — not being hit api — even tasya — his varcasā — by splendor pradharṣitāḥ — stricken dūra-taram — far away pradudruvuḥ — they ran fast.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasmin praviṣṭe varuṇasya sainikā
tasmin praviṣṭe
when he entered the ocean
varuṇasya
of Varuṇa
sainikāḥ
the defenders
yādo-gaṇāḥ sanna-dhiyaḥ sasādhvasāḥ
yādaḥ-gaṇāḥ
the aquatic animals
sanna-dhiyaḥ
depressed
sa-sādhvasāḥ
with fear
ahanyamānāḥ
not being hit
ahanyamānā api tasya varcasā
api
even
tasya
his
varcasā
by splendor
pradharṣitā dūrataraṁ pradudruvuḥ
pradharṣitāḥ
stricken
dūra-taram
far away
pradudruvuḥ
they ran fast.
On his entering the ocean, the aquatic animals who formed the host of Varuṇa were stricken with fear and ran far away. Thus Hiraṇyākṣa showed his splendor without dealing a blow.

Materialistic demons sometimes appear to be very powerful and are seen to establish their supremacy throughout the world. Here also it appears that Hiraṇyākṣa, by his demoniac strength, actually established his supremacy throughout the universe, and the demigods were afraid of his uncommon power. Not only were the demigods in space afraid of the demons Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa, but so also were the aquatic animals within the sea.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When he entered the ocean, the aquatics, the troops of Varuṇa, depressed and fearful, defeated by his strength without even being struck, ran far away.
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