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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.9.22

తే పాలయన్త: సమయమసురా: స్వకృతం నృప । తూష్ణీమాసన్కృతస్‍నేహా: స్త్రీవివాదజుగుప్సయా ॥ ౨౨ ॥
te pālayantaḥ samayam
[te paalayantah samayam]
asurāḥ sva-kṛtaṁ nṛpa
[asuraah sva-kritam nripa]
tūṣṇīm āsan kṛta-snehāḥ
[tooshneem aasan krita-snehaah]
strī-vivāda-jugupsayā
[stree-vivaada-jugupsayaa]
te — the demons pālayantaḥ — keeping in order samayam — equilibrium asurāḥ — the demons sva-kṛtam — made by them nṛpa — O King tūṣṇīm āsan — remained silent kṛta-snehāḥ — because of having developed attachment to Mohinī-mūrti strī-vivāda — disagreeing with a woman jugupsayā — because of thinking such an action as abominable.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
te pālayantaḥ samayam
te
the demons
pālayantaḥ
keeping in order
samayam
equilibrium
asurāḥ sva-kṛtaṁ nṛpa
asurāḥ
the demons
sva-kṛtam
made by them
nṛpa
O King
tūṣṇīm āsan kṛta-snehāḥ
tūṣṇīm āsan
remained silent
kṛta-snehāḥ
because of having developed attachment to Mohinī-mūrti
strī-vivāda-jugupsayā
strī-vivāda
disagreeing with a woman
jugupsayā
because of thinking such an action as abominable.
O King, since the demons had promised to accept whatever the woman did, whether just or unjust, now, to keep this promise, to show their equilibrium and to save themselves from fighting with a woman, they remained silent.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! The demons, to keep the agreement, because of having great affection for her, remained silent at what she did, with abhorrence for quarrelling with a woman. They had agreed to let her divide the nectar as she like, without protesting. They disliked quarrelling with a woman.
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