Having bound them with the aids of Dharma as also by his own power, the lord of the caters, Varuna keeps the Danavas ever in the sea.
तान् बद्ध्वा धर्मपाशैश्च स्वैश्च पाशैर्जलेश्वरः। वरुणः सागरे यत्तो नित्यं रक्षति दानवान्॥