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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.18.1
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 1
- maitreya uvāca
- tad evam ākarṇya jaleśa-bhāṣitaṁ
- mahā-manās tad vigaṇayya durmadaḥ
- harer viditvā gatim aṅga nāradād
- rasātalaṁ nirviviśe tvarānvitaḥ
maitreyaḥthe great sage Maitreya — the great sage Maitreya; uvācasaid — said; tatthat — that; evamthus — thus; ākarṇyahearing — hearing; jalaof the controller of water, Varuṇa-īśaof the controller of water, Varuṇa — of the controller of water, Varuṇa; bhāṣitamwords — words; mahāproud-manāḥproud — proud; tatthose words — those words; vigaṇayyahaving paid little heed to — having paid little heed to; durmadaḥvainglorious — vainglorious; hareḥof the Supreme Personality of Godhead — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; viditvāhaving learned — having learned; gatimthe whereabouts — the whereabouts; aṅgaO dear Vidura — O dear Vidura; nāradātfrom Nārada — from Nārada; rasātalamto the depths of the ocean — to the depths of the ocean; nirviviśeentered — entered; tvarāwith great speed-anvitaḥwith great speed — with great speed.
Maitreya continued: The proud and falsely glorious Daitya paid little heed to the words of Varuṇa. O dear Vidura, he learned from Nārada the whereabouts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and hurriedly betook himself to the depths of the ocean.
Materialistic warmongers are not even afraid to fight with their mightiest enemy, the Personality of Godhead. The demon was very encouraged to learn from Varuṇa that there was one fighter who could actually combat him, and he was very enthusiastic to search out the Supreme Personality of Godhead just to give Him a fight, even though it was predicted by Varuṇa that by fighting with Viṣṇu he would become prey for dogs, jackals and vultures. Since demoniac persons are less intelligent, they dare to fight with Viṣṇu, who is known as Ajita, or one who has never been conquered.