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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 4]
consciousness without outward disturbances. A serpent may be very angry and ready to bite, but the furious snake is helpless when faced by a blazing fire in the forest. Although an enemy of a devotee may be very strong, he is compared to an angry serpent before the fire of devotional service.
TEXT 49
तदभिद्रवदुद्वीक्ष्य स्वप्रयासं च निष्फलम् । दुर्वासा दुद्धुवे भीतो दिक्षु प्राणपरीप्सया ॥४९॥
tad-abhidravad udvīkṣya sva-prayāsam ca niṣphalam durvāsā dudruve bhīto dikṣu prāṇa-parīpsayā
tat —of that disc;  abhidravat —moving toward him;  udvīkṣya —after seeing;  sva-prayāsam —his own attempt;  ca —and;  niṣphalam —having failed;  durvāsāḥ —Durvāsā Muni;  dudruve —began to run;  bhītaḥ —full of fear;  dikṣu —in every direction;  prāṇa-parīpsayā —with a desire to save his life.
TRANSLATION
Upon seeing that his own attempt had failed and that the Sudarśana cakra was moving toward him, Durvāsā Muni became very frightened and began to run in all directions to save his life.
TEXT 50
तमन्वधावद् भगवद्रथाङ्गं दावाग्निरुद्धूतशिखो यथाहिम् । तथानुषक्तं मुनिरीक्षमाणो गुहां विविक्षुः ग्रससार मेरोः ॥५०॥
tam anvadhāvad bhagavad-rathāngam dāvāgnir uddhūta-śikho yathāhim