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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.18.13
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- maitreya uvāca
- so 'dhikṣipto bhagavatā
- pralabdhaś ca ruṣā bhṛśam
- ājahārolbaṇaṁ krodhaṁ
- krīḍyamāno 'hi-rāḍ iva
maitreyaḥthe great sage Maitreya — the great sage Maitreya; uvācasaid — said; saḥthe demon — the demon; adhikṣiptaḥhaving been insulted — having been insulted; bhagavatāby the Personality of Godhead — by the Personality of Godhead; pralabdhaḥridiculed — ridiculed; caand — and; ruṣāangry — angry; bhṛśamgreatly — greatly; ājahāracollected — collected; ulbaṇamgreat — great; krodhamanger — anger; krīḍyamānaḥbeing played with — being played with; ahia great cobra-rāṭa great cobra — a great cobra; ivalike — like.
Śrī Maitreya said: The demon, being thus challenged by the Personality of Godhead, became angry and agitated, and he trembled in anger like a challenged cobra.
A cobra is very fierce before ordinary persons, but before an enchanter who can play with him, he is a plaything. Similarly, a demon may be very powerful in his own domain, but before the Lord he is insignificant. The demon Rāvaṇa was a fierce figure before the demigods, but when he was before Lord Rāmacandra he trembled and prayed to his deity, Lord Śiva, but to no avail.