Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.89.30-31

sri-brahmana uvaca

sankarshano vasudevah

pradyumno dhanvinam varah

aniruddho 'prati-ratho

na tratum saknuvanti yat

tat katham nu bhavan karma

dushkaram jagad-isvaraih

tvam cikirshasi balisyat

tan na sraddadhmahe vayam

SYNONYMS

sri-brahmanah uvaca -- the brahmana said; sankarshanah -- Lord Sankarshana (Balarama); vasudevah -- Lord Vasudeva (Krishna); pradyumnah -- Pradyumna; dhanvinam -- of bowmen; varah -- the greatest; aniruddhah -- Aniruddha; aprati-rathah -- unrivaled as a chariot fighter; na -- not; tratum -- to save; saknuvanti -- were able; yat -- inasmuch; tat -- thus; katham -- why; nu -- indeed; bhavan -- you; karma -- feat; dushkaram -- impossible to be performed; jagat -- of the universe; isvaraih -- by the Lords; tvam -- you; cikirshasi -- intend to do; balisyat -- out of naivete; tat -- therefore; na sraddadhmahe -- do not believe; vayam -- we.

TRANSLATION

The brahmana said: Neither Sankarshana; Vasudeva; Pradyumna, the best of bowmen; nor the unequaled warrior Aniruddha could save my sons. Then why do you naively attempt a feat that the almighty Lords of the universe could not perform? We cannot take you seriously.

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