Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.67.7

puruṣān yoṣito dṛptaḥ

kṣmābhṛd-dronī-guhāsu saḥ

nikṣipya cāpyadhāc chailaiḥ

peśaṣkārīva kīṭakam

SYNONYMS

puruṣān — men; yoṣitaḥ — and women; dṛptaḥ — audacious; kṣmā-bhṛt — of a mountain; droṇī — within a valley; guhāsu — inside caves; saḥ — he; nikṣipya — casting; ca — and; apyadhāt — sealed; śailaiḥ — with large stones; peśaṣkārī — a wasp; iva — as; kīṭakam — a small insect.

TRANSLATION

Just as a wasp imprisons smaller insects, he arrogantly threw both men and women into caves in a mountain valley and sealed the caves shut with boulders.

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