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ŚB 10.74.38

Devanagari

एवमादीन्यभद्राणि बभाषे नष्टमङ्गल: ।
नोवाच किञ्चिद्भगवान्यथा सिंह: शिवारुतम् ॥ ३८ ॥

Text

evam-ādīny abhadrāṇi
babhāṣe naṣṭa-maṅgalaḥ
novāca kiñcid bhagavān
yathā siṁhaḥ śivā-rutam

Synonyms

evam — such; ādīni — and more; abhadrāṇi — harsh words; babhāṣe — he spoke; naṣṭa — ruined; maṅgalaḥ — whose good fortune; na uvāca — He did not say; kiñcit — anything; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; yathā — just as; siṁhaḥ — a lion; śivā — of a jackal; rutam — the cry.

Translation

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Bereft of all good fortune, Śiśupāla spoke these and other insults. But the Supreme Lord said nothing, just as a lion ignores a jackal’s cry.