Verse 19

¹⁹Holding that to hand the nectar to demons, cruel by their very birth, would be as ill-advised as to hand it to snakes, the Unfallen did not divide it out among them. ²⁰The lord of the world set out separate rows for the two sides and seated each of them in his own row. ²¹Pitcher in hand, he cheated the Daityas by his going to and fro, and gave those seated far off the nectar that takes away age and death. ²²Keeping the agreement they had themselves made, king, the demons stayed silent. They had grown fond of her, and shrank from quarrelling with a woman. ²³They had given her their love and were afraid of losing it, and they were bound as well by their high regard for her; so they said nothing to displease her.