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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 11]
naṭavan mūḍha māyābhir māyeśān no jigīṣasi jitvā bālān nibaddhākṣān naṭo harati tad-dhanam
naṭa-vat—like a cheater or rogue; mūḍha—you rascal; māyābhiḥ—by exhibiting illusions; māyā-īśān—unto the demigods, who can control all such illusory manifestations; naḥ—unto us; jigīṣasi—you are trying to become victorious; jitvā—conquering; bālān—small children; nibaddha-akṣān—by binding the eyes; naṭaḥ—a cheater; harati—takes away; tat-dhanam—the property in the possession of a child.
TRANSLATION
Indra said: O rascal, as a cheater sometimes binds the eyes of a child and takes away his possessions, you are trying to defeat us by displaying some mystic power, although you know that we are the masters of all such mystic powers.
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आरुरुक्षन्ति मायाभिरुत्सिसृप्सन्ति ये दिवम् ।
तान्दस्यून्विधुनोम्यज्ञान्पूर्वसाच्च पदादधः ॥ ५ ॥
ārurukṣanti māyābhir utsiṣrpsanti ye divam tān dasyūn vidhunomy ajñān pūrvasmāc ca padād adhaḥ
ārurukṣanti—persons who desire to come to the upper planetary systems; māyābhiḥ—by so-called mystic power or material advancement of science; utsiṣrpsanti—or want to be liberated by such false attempts; ye—such persons who; divam—the higher planetary system known as Svargaloka; tān—such rogues and ruffians; dasyūn—such thieves; vidhunomi—I force to go down; ajñān—rascals; pūrvasmāt—previous; ca—also; padāt—from the position; adhaḥ—downward.