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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.6.19

యాత దానవదైతేయైస్తావత్ సన్ధిర్విధీయతామ్ । కాలేనానుగృహీతైస్తైర్యావద్ వో భవ ఆత్మన: ॥ ౧౯ ॥
yāta dānava-daiteyais
[yaata daanava-daiteyais]
tāvat sandhir vidhīyatām
[taavat sandhir vidheeyataam]
kālenānugṛhītais tair
[kaalenaanugriheetais tair]
yāvad vo bhava ātmanaḥ
[yaavad vo bhava aatmanah]
yāta — just execute dānava — with the demons daiteyaiḥ — and the asuras tāvat — so long sandhiḥ — a truce vidhīyatām — execute kālena — by a favorable time (or kāvyena — by Śukrācārya) anugṛhītaiḥ — receiving benedictions taiḥ — with them yāvat — as long as vaḥ — of you bhavaḥ — good fortune ātmanaḥ — of yourselves.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yāta dānava-daiteyais
yāta
just execute
dānava
with the demons
daiteyaiḥ
and the asuras
tāvat sandhir vidhīyatām
tāvat
so long
sandhiḥ
a truce
vidhīyatām
execute
kālenānugṛhītais tair
kālena
by a favorable time (or kāvyena — by Śukrācārya)
anugṛhītaiḥ
receiving benedictions
taiḥ
with them
yāvad vo bhava ātmanaḥ
yāvat
as long as
vaḥ
of you
bhavaḥ
good fortune
ātmanaḥ
of yourselves.
As long as you are not flourishing, you should make a truce with the demons and asuras, who are now being favored by time.

One word in this verse has two readings — kālena and kāvyena. Kālena means “favored by time,” and kāvyena means “favored by Śukrācārya,” Śukrācārya being the spiritual master of the Daityas. The demons and Daityas were favored in both ways, and therefore the demigods were advised by the Supreme Lord to execute a truce for the time being, until time favored them.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
As long as you are not flourishing, you should make a truce with the demons, who are now being favored by time. As long as you do not have prosperity (abhavaḥ), [Note: Viśvanātha takes the word as abhavaḥ instead of bhavaḥ.] make truce. When you are stronger, then you should fight.
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