SB 12.8.30

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 8: Mārkaṇḍeya's Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi

SB 12.8.29

SB 12.8.31

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 30

itīndrānucarair brahman
dharṣito 'pi mahā-muniḥ
yan nāgād ahamo bhāvaṁ
na tac citraṁ mahatsu hi

SYNONYMS

iti—thus; indra-anucaraiḥ—by the followers of Indra; brahman—O brāhmaṇa; dharṣitaḥ—impudently attacked; api—although; mahā-muniḥ—the elevated sage; yat—that; na agāt—he did not succumb; ahamaḥ—of false ego; bhāvam—to the transformation; na—not; tat—that; citram—surprising; mahatsu—for great souls; hi—indeed.

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.