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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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एते वयं न्यासहरा रसौकसां गतह्रियो गदया द्रावितास्ते तिष्ठामहेऽथापि कथञ्चिदाजौ स्थेयं क्व यामो बलिनोत्पाद्य वैरम्
este vayaṁ nyāsa-harā rasaukasāṁ gata-hriyo gadayā drāvitās te tiṣṭhāmahe ’thāpi kathañcid ājau stheyaṁ kva yāmo balinotpādya vairam
WORD BY WORD
ete Ourselves; vayam We; nyāsa of the charge; harāḥ thieves; rasā-okasām of the inhabitants of Rasātala; gata-hriyaḥ shameless; gadayā by the mace; drāvitāḥ chased; te your; tiṣṭhāmahe We shall stay; atha api nevertheless; kathañcit somehow; ājau on the battlefield; stheyam We must stay; kva where; yāmaḥ can We go; balinā with a powerful enemy; utpādya having created; vairam enmity;
TRANSLATION
| Certainly We have stolen the charge of the inhabitants of Rasātala and have lost all shame. Although bitten by your powerful mace, I shall stay here in the water for some time because, having created enmity with a powerful enemy, I now have no place to go.
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PURPORT
| The demon should have known that God cannot be driven out of any place, for He is all-pervading. Demons think of their possessions as their property, but actually everything belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can take anything at any time He likes.
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