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श्रीशुक उवाच
ते ऽन्योन्यतो ऽसुराः पात्रं हरन्तस्त्यक्तसौहृदाः ।
क्षिपन्तो दस्युधर्माण आयान्तीं ददृशुः स्त्रियम् ॥ १ ॥

sri-suka uvaca

te 'nyonyato 'surah patram

harantas tyakta-sauhrdah

ksipanto dasyu-dharmana

ayantim dadrsuh striyam

sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; te-the demons; anyonyatah-among themselves; asurah-the demons; patram-the container of nectar; harantah-snatching from one another; tyakta-sauhrdah-became inimical toward one another; ksipantah-sometimes throwing; dasyu-dharmanah-sometimes snatching like robbers; ayantim-coming forward; dadrsuh-saw; striyam-a very beautiful and attractive woman.