As this period, was appointed by the intelligent Agastya as the limit of their curse, therefore they were absolved from (this) imprecation in being slain in battle.
तेषां हि शापकालः स कृतोऽगस्त्येनधीमता। समरे निहतास्तस्माच्छापस्यान्तोऽभवत् तदा॥