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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.19.12
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 12
- sva-pauruṣe pratihate
- hata-māno mahāsuraḥ
- naicchad gadāṁ dīyamānāṁ
- hariṇā vigata-prabhaḥ
svahis valor-pauruṣehis valor — his valor; pratihatefrustrated — frustrated; hatadestroyed — destroyed; mānaḥpride — pride; mahāthe great demon-asuraḥthe great demon — the great demon; nadesired not (to take) aicchatdesired not (to take) — desired not (to take); gadāmthe mace — the mace; dīyamānāmbeing offered — being offered; hariṇāby Hari — by Hari; vigatareduced in splendor-prabhaḥreduced in splendor — reduced in splendor.
His valor thus frustrated, the great demon felt humiliated and was put out of countenance. He was reluctant to take back the mace when it was offered by the Personality of Godhead.