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ŚB 8.10.55

Devanagari

तस्मिन्प्रविष्टेऽसुरकूटकर्मजा
माया विनेशुर्महिना महीयस: ।
स्वप्नो यथा हि प्रतिबोध आगते
हरिस्मृति: सर्वविपद्विमोक्षणम् ॥ ५५ ॥

Text

tasmin praviṣṭe ’sura-kūṭa-karmajā
māyā vineśur mahinā mahīyasaḥ
svapno yathā hi pratibodha āgate
hari-smṛtiḥ sarva-vipad-vimokṣaṇam

Synonyms

tasmin praviṣṭe — upon the entrance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; asura — of the demons; kūṭa-karma- — because of the illusory, magical activities; māyā — the false manifestations; vineśuḥ — were immediately curbed; mahinā — by the superior power; mahīyasaḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than the greatest; svapnaḥ — dreams; yathā — as; hi — indeed; pratibodhe — when awakening; āgate — has arrived; hari-smṛtiḥ — remembrance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarva-vipat — of all kinds of dangerous situations; vimokṣaṇam — immediately vanquishes.

Translation

As the dangers of a dream cease when the dreamer awakens, the illusions created by the jugglery of the demons were vanquished by the transcendental prowess of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as soon as He entered the battlefield. Indeed, simply by remembrance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one becomes free from all dangers.