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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.18.11
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 11
- ete vayaṁ nyāsa-harā rasaukasāṁ
- gata-hriyo gadayā drāvitās te
- tiṣṭhāmahe 'thāpi kathañcid ājau
- stheyaṁ kva yāmo balinotpādya vairam
eteOurselves — Ourselves; vayamWe — We; nyāsaof the charge — of the charge; harāḥthieves — thieves; rasāof the inhabitants of Rasātala-okasāmof the inhabitants of Rasātala — of the inhabitants of Rasātala; gatashameless-hriyaḥshameless — shameless; gadayāby the mace — by the mace; drāvitāḥchased — chased; teyour — your; tiṣṭhāmaheWe shall stay — We shall stay; athanevertheless apinevertheless — nevertheless; kathañcitsomehow — somehow; ājauon the battlefield — on the battlefield; stheyamWe must stay — We must stay; kvawhere — where; yāmaḥcan We go — can We go; balināwith a powerful enemy — with a powerful enemy; utpādyahaving created — having created; vairamenmity — enmity.
Certainly We have stolen the charge of the inhabitants of Rasātala and have lost all shame. Although bitten by your powerful mace, I shall stay here in the water for some time because, having created enmity with a powerful enemy, I now have no place to go.
The demon should have known that God cannot be driven out of any place, for 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.