तदेवमाकर्ण्य जलेशभाषितं
महामनास्तद्विगणय्य दुर्मदः ।
हरेर्विदित्वा गतिमङ्ग नारदाद्र
सातलं निर्विविशे त्वरान्वितः ॥१॥
maitreya uvÄca
tad evam Äkarṇya jaleÅ›a-bhÄá¹£itaá¹
mahÄ-manÄs tad vigaṇayya durmadaḥ
harer viditvÄ gatim aá¹…ga nÄradÄd
rasÄtalaá¹ nirviviÅ›e tvarÄnvitaḥ
maitreyaḥ - the great sage Maitreya; uvÄca - said; tat - that; evam - thus; Äkarṇya - hearing; jala-Ä«Å›a - of the controller of water, Varuṇa; bhÄá¹£itam - words; mahÄ-manÄḥ - proud; tat - those words; vigaṇayya - having paid little heed to; durmadaḥ - vainglorious; hareḥ - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; viditvÄ - having learned; gatim - the whereabouts; aá¹…ga - O dear Vidura; nÄradÄt - from NÄrada; rasÄtalam - to the depths of the ocean; nirviviÅ›e - entered; tvarÄ-anvitaḥ - with great speed.
Maitreya continued: The proud and falsely glorious Daitya paid little heed to the words of Varuṇa. O dear Vidura, he learned from NÄrada the whereabouts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and hurriedly betook himself to the depths of the ocean.
Materialistic warmongers are not even afraid to fight with their mightiest enemy, the Personality of Godhead. The demon was very encouraged to learn from Varuṇa that there was one fighter who could actually combat him, and he was very enthusiastic to search out the Supreme Personality of Godhead just to give Him a fight, even though it was predicted by Varuṇa that by fighting with Viṣṇu he would become prey for dogs, jackals and vultures. Since demoniac persons are less intelligent, they dare to fight with Viṣṇu, who is known as Ajita, or one who has never been conquered.
