Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca
satyaá¹ vayaá¹ bho vana-gocarÄ má¹›gÄ
yuá¹£mad-vidhÄn má¹›gaye grÄma-siá¹hÄn
na má¹›tyu-pÄÅ›aiḥ pratimuktasya vÄ«rÄ
vikatthanaṠtava gṛhṇanty abhadra
Å›rÄ«-bhagavÄn uvÄca - the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; satyam - indeed; vayam - We; bhoḥ - O; vana-gocarÄḥ - dwelling in the forest; má¹›gÄḥ - creatures; yuá¹£mat-vidhÄn - like you; má¹›gaye - I am searching to kill; grÄma-siá¹hÄn - dogs; na - not; má¹›tyu-pÄÅ›aiḥ - by the bonds of death; pratimuktasya - of one who is bound; vÄ«rÄḥ - the heroes; vikatthanam - loose talk; tava - your; gá¹›hṇanti - take notice of; abhadra - O mischievous one.
Demons and atheistic persons can go on insulting the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but they forget that they are subjected to the laws of birth and death. They think that simply by decrying the existence of the Supreme Lord or defying His stringent laws of nature, one can be freed from the clutches of birth and death. In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ it is said that simply by understanding the transcendental nature of God one can go back home, back to Godhead. But demons and atheistic persons do not try to understand the nature of the Supreme Lord; therefore they remain in the entanglement of birth and death.