# SB 8.21.18 > हन्यमानान्स्वकान्दृष्ट्वा पुरुषानुचरैर्बलिः > वारयामास संरब्धान्काव्यशापमनुस्मरन ॥१८॥ ## Text > hanyamānān svakān dṛṣṭvā > puruṣānucarair baliḥ > vārayām āsa saṁrabdhān > kāvya-śāpam anusmaran ## Synonyms *hanyamānān*—being killed; *svakān*—his own soldiers; *dṛṣṭvā*—after seeing; *puruṣa-anucaraiḥ*—by the associates of the Supreme Person; *baliḥ*—Bali Mahārāja; *vārayām āsa*—forbade; *saṁrabdhān*—even though they were very angry; *kāvya-śāpam*—the curse given by Śukrācārya; *anusmaran*—remembering. ## Translation **When Bali Mahārāja saw that his own soldiers were being killed by the associates of Lord Viṣṇu, he remembered the curse of Śukrācārya and forbade his soldiers to continue fighting.**