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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.18.24
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 24
- mainaṁ māyāvinaṁ dṛptaṁ
- niraṅkuśam asattamam
- ākrīḍa bālavad deva
- yathāśīviṣam utthitam
mādo not — do not; enamhim — him; māyāskilled in conjuring tricks-vinamskilled in conjuring tricks — skilled in conjuring tricks; dṛptamarrogant — arrogant; niraṅkuśamself-sufficient — self-sufficient; asatmost wicked-tamammost wicked — most wicked; ākrīḍaplay with — play with; bālalike a child-vatlike a child — like a child; devaO Lord — O Lord; yathāas — as; āśīviṣama serpent — a serpent; utthitamaroused — aroused.
Lord Brahmā continued: My dear Lord, there is no need to play with this serpentine demon, who is always very skilled in conjuring tricks and is arrogant, self-sufficient and most wicked.
No one is unhappy when a serpent is killed. It is a practice among village boys to catch a serpent by the tail and play with it for some time and then kill it. Similarly, the Lord could have killed the demon at once, but He played with him in the same way as a child plays with a snake before killing it. Brahmā requested, however, that since the demon was more wicked and undesirable than a serpent, there was no need to play with him. It was his wish that he be killed at once, without delay.