दृढं प्रलब्धो भगवानपां पतिः ।
रोषं समुत्थं शमयन्स्वया धिया
व्यवोचदङ्गोपशमं गता वयम् ॥२९॥
sa evam utsikta-madena vidviá¹£Ä
dá¹›á¸haá¹ pralabdho bhagavÄn apÄá¹ patiḥ
roá¹£aá¹ samutthaá¹ Å›amayan svayÄ dhiyÄ
vyavocad aá¹…gopaÅ›amaá¹ gatÄ vayam
saḥ - Varuṇa; evam - thus; utsikta - puffed up; madena - with vanity; vidviá¹£Ä - by the enemy; dá¹›á¸ham - deeply; pralabdhaḥ - mocked; bhagavÄn - worshipful; apÄm - of the waters; patiḥ - the lord; roá¹£am - anger; samuttham - sprung up; Å›amayan - controlling; svayÄ dhiyÄ - by his reason; vyavocat - he replied; aá¹…ga - O dear one; upaÅ›amam - desisting from warfare; gatÄḥ - gone; vayam - we.
Thus mocked by an enemy whose vanity knew no bounds, the worshipful lord of the waters waxed angry, but by dint of his reason he managed to curb the anger that had sprung up in him, and he replied: O dear one, we have now desisted from warfare, having grown too old for combat.
As we see, warmongering materialists always create fighting without reason.
