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Chapter 18: The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiraṇyākṣa

Verse 11 of 27
SB 3.18.11

एते वयं न्यासहरा रसौकसां गतह्रियो गदया द्रावितास्ते तिष्ठामहे ऽथापि कथंचिदाजौ स्थेयं क्व यामो बलिनोत्पाद्य वैरम्

ete vayaṁ nyāsa-harā rasaukasāṁ gata-hriyo gadayā drāvitās te tiṣṭhāmahe 'thāpi kathañcid ājau stheyaṁ kva yāmo balinotpādya vairam

Synonyms

eteourselves; vayamwe; nyāsaof the charge; harāḥthieves; rasā-okasāmof the inhabitants of Rasātala; gata-hriyaḥshameless; gadayāby the mace; drāvitāḥchased; teyour; tiṣṭhāmaheWe shall stay; atha apinevertheless; kathañcitsomehow; ājauon the battlefield; stheyamWe must stay; kvawhere; yāmaḥcan We go; balināwith a powerful enemy; utpādyahaving created; vairamenmity..

Translation

Certainly We have stolen the charge of the inhabitants of Rasātala and have lost all shame. Although bitten by your powerful mace, I shall nevertheless stay here in the water for some time because, having created enmity with a powerful enemy, I now have no place to go.

Purport

The demon should have known that God cannot be driven out of any place because 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.

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