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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.18.10
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- satyaṁ vayaṁ bho vana-gocarā mṛgā
- yuṣmad-vidhān mṛgaye grāma-siṁhān
- na mṛtyu-pāśaiḥ pratimuktasya vīrā
- vikatthanaṁ tava gṛhṇanty abhadra
śrīthe Supreme Personality of Godhead said-bhagavānthe Supreme Personality of Godhead said uvācathe Supreme Personality of Godhead said — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; satyamindeed — indeed; vayamWe — We; bhoḥO — O; vanadwelling in the forest-gocarāḥdwelling in the forest — dwelling in the forest; mṛgāḥcreatures — creatures; yuṣmatlike you-vidhānlike you — like you; mṛgayeI am searching to kill — I am searching to kill; grāmadogs-siṁhāndogs — dogs; nanot — not; mṛtyuby the bonds of death-pāśaiḥby the bonds of death — by the bonds of death; pratimuktasyaof one who is bound — of one who is bound; vīrāḥthe heroes — the heroes; vikatthanamloose talk — loose talk; tavayour — your; gṛhṇantitake notice of — take notice of; abhadraO mischievous one — O mischievous one.
The Personality of Godhead said: Indeed, We are creatures of the jungle, and We are searching after hunting dogs like you. One who is freed from the entanglement of death has no fear from the loose talk in which you are indulging, for you are bound up by the laws of death.
Demons and atheistic persons can go on insulting the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but they forget that they are subjected to the laws of birth and death. They think that simply by decrying the existence of the Supreme Lord or defying His stringent laws of nature, one can be freed from the clutches of birth and death. In Bhagavad-gītā 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.