712
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 18]
maitreya uvāca so 'dhikṣipto bhagavatā pralabdhaś ca ruṣā bhṛśam ājahārolbaṇam krodham krīḍyamāno 'hi-rāḍ iva
maitreyaḥ—the great sage Maitreya; uvāca—said; saḥ—the demon; adhikṣiptaḥ—having been insulted; bhagavatā—by the Personality of Godhead; pralabdhaḥ—ridiculed; ca—and; ruṣā—angry; bhṛśam—greatly; ājahāra—collected; ulbaṇam—great; krodham—anger; krīḍyamānaḥ—being played with; ahi-rāṭ—a great cobra; iva—like.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Maitreya said: The demon, being thus challenged by the Personality of Godhead, became angry and agitated, and he trembled in anger like a challenged cobra.
PURPORT
A cobra is very fierce before ordinary persons, but before an enchanter who can play with him, he is a plaything. Similarly, a demon may be very powerful in his own domain, but before the Lord he is insignificant. The demon Rāvaṇa was a fierce figure before the demigods, but when he was before Lord Rāmacandra he trembled and prayed to his deity, Lord Śiva, but to no avail.
TEXT 14
सृजभमर्षितः श्वासान्मन्युपचलितेन्द्रियः। आसाध तरसा दैत्यो गदयान्यहनद्धरिम् ॥१४॥
sṛjann amarṣitaḥ śvāsān manyu-pracalitendriyaḥ āsādya tarasā daityo gadayā nyahanad dharim
sṛjan—giving out; amarṣitaḥ—being angry; śvāsān—breaths; manyu—by wrath; pracalita—agitated; indriyaḥ—whose senses; āsādya—attacking; tarasā—quickly; daityaḥ—the demon; gadayā—with his mace; nyahanat—struck; harim—Lord Hari.