सोऽधिक्षिप्तो भगवता प्रलब्धश्च रुषा भृशम् ।
आजहारोल्बणं क्रोधं क्रीड्यमानोऽहिराडिव ॥१३॥
maitreya uvÄca
so 'dhiká¹£ipto bhagavatÄ
pralabdhaÅ› ca ruá¹£Ä bhṛśam
ÄjahÄrolbaṇaá¹ krodhaá¹
krÄ«á¸yamÄno 'hi-rÄḠiva
maitreyaḥ - the great sage Maitreya; uvÄca - said; saḥ - the demon; adhiká¹£iptaḥ - having been insulted; bhagavatÄ - by the Personality of Godhead; pralabdhaḥ - ridiculed; ca - and; ruá¹£Ä - angry; bhṛśam - greatly; ÄjahÄra - collected; ulbaṇam - great; krodham - anger; krÄ«á¸yamÄnaḥ - being played with; ahi-rÄá¹ - a great cobra; iva - like.
Śrī Maitreya said: The demon, being thus challenged by the Personality of Godhead, became angry and agitated, and he trembled in anger like a challenged cobra.
A cobra is very fierce before ordinary persons, but before an enchanter who can play with him, he is a plaything. Similarly, a demon may be very powerful in his own domain, but before the Lord he is insignificant. The demon RÄvaṇa was a fierce figure before the demigods, but when he was before Lord RÄmacandra he trembled and prayed to his deity, Lord Åšiva, but to no avail.
