tatah-thereafter; deva-asurah-both the demons and the demigods; krtva-executing; samvidam-indicating; krta-sauhrdah-an armistice between them; udyamam-enterprise; paramam-supreme; cakruh-they did; amrta-arthe-for the sake of nectar; parantapa-O Maharaja Pariksit, chastiser of enemies.