Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17


Sanskrit:

श्रीशुक उवाचइति मन्त्रोपनिषदं व्याहरन्तं समाहितम् ।द‍ृष्ट्वासुरा यातुधाना जग्धुमभ्यद्रवन् क्षुधा ॥ १७ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-śuka uvācaiti mantropaniṣadaṁvyāharantaṁ samāhitamdṛṣṭvāsurā yātudhānājagdhum abhyadravan kṣudhā

Translation:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Svāyambhuva Manu was thus in a trance, chanting the mantras of Vedic instruction known as the Upaniṣads. Upon seeing him, the Rākṣasas and asuras, being very hungry, wanted to devour him. Therefore they ran after him with great speed.

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