710 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 18

from the clutches of birth and death. In Bhagavad-gita it is said that
simply by understanding the transcendental nature of God one can go
back home, back to Godhead. But demons and atheistic persons do not
try to understand the nature of the Supreme Lord; therefore they remain
in the entanglement of birth and death.

TEXT 11

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SET ATT TAT FT UII

ete vayam nydsa-hara rasaukasam
gata-hriyo gadayd dravitas te
tisthamahe ’thapi kathajicid ajau
stheyam kva yamo balinotpddya vairam

ete—ourselves; vayam—we; nydsa—of the charge; harah—thieves; rasa-
okasadm—of the inhabitants of Rasatala; gata-hriyah—shameless; gadayd—by
the mace; dravitah—chased; te—your; tisthamahe—We shall stay; atha api—
nevertheless; kathaficit—somehow; ajau—on the battlefield; stheyam—We
must stay; kvua—where; yamah—can We go; balina—with a powerful enemy;
utpddya—having created; vairam—enmity.

TRANSLATION

Certainly We have stolen the charge of the inhabitants of Rasatala and
have lost all shame. Although bitten by your powerful mace, I shall never-
theless stay here in the water for some time because, having created enmity
with a powerful enemy, I now have no place to go.

PURPORT

The demon should have known that God cannot be driven out of any
place because He is all-pervading. Demons think of their possessions as
their property, but actually everything belongs to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, who can take anything at any time He likes.
