SB 8.11.4

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eighth Canto - Chapter 11: King Indra Annihilates the Demons

SB 8.11.3 - SB 8.11.5

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 4

naṭavan mūḍha māyābhir

māyeśān no jigīṣasi

jitvā bālān nibaddhākṣān

naṭo harati tad-dhanam

SYNONYMS

naṭa-vat — like a cheater or rogue; mūḍha — you rascal; māyābhiḥ — by exhibiting illusions; māyā-īśān — unto the demigods, who can control all such illusory manifestations; naḥ — unto us; jigīṣasi — you are trying to become victorious; jitvā — conquering; bālān — small children; nibaddha-akṣān — by binding the eyes; naṭaḥ — a cheater; harati — takes away; tat-dhanam — the property in the possession of a child.

TRANSLATION

Indra said: O rascal, as a cheater sometimes binds the eyes of a child and takes away his possessions, you are trying to defeat us by displaying some mystic power, although you know that we are the masters of all such mystic powers.

SB 8.11.3 - SB 8.11.5