itīndrānucarair brahman dharṣito ’pi mahā-muniḥ yan nāgād ahamo bhāvaṁ na tac citraṁ mahatsu hi
WORD BY WORD
TRANSLATION
O brāhmaṇa, the followers of Lord Indra had impudently attacked the saintly Mārkaṇḍeya, yet he did not succumb to any influence of false ego. For great souls such tolerance is not at all surprising.
PURPORT
This verse has not purport by His Holiness Hṛdayānanda dās Gosvāmi, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmī Prabhupāda.