Bhagavata Purana 8.17.16
Srimad Bhagavatam · 17 · Verse 16
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Sanskrit Original
प्रायोऽधुना तेऽसुरयूथनाथा अपारणीया इति देवि मे मति: । यत्तेऽनुकूलेश्वरविप्रगुप्ता न विक्रमस्तत्र सुखं ददाति ॥ १६ ॥
prāyo ’dhunā te ’sura-yūtha-nāthā apāraṇīyā iti devi me matiḥ yat te ’nukūleśvara-vipra-guptā na vikramas tatra sukhaṁ dadāti
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O mother of the demigods, in My opinion almost all the chiefs of the demons are now unconquerable, for they are being protected by brāhmaṇas, whom the Supreme Lord always favors. Thus the use of power against them now will not at all be a source of happiness.