Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.23.38-39

aho eṣa mahā-sāro

dhṛtimān giri-rāḍ iva

maunena sādhayaty arthaḿ

baka-vad dṛḍha-niścayaḥ

ity eke vihasanty enam

eke durvātayanti ca

taḿ babandhur nirurudhur

yathā krīḍanakaḿ dvijam

SYNONYMS

aho — just see; eṣaḥ — this person; mahā-sāraḥ — very powerful; dhṛtimān — steadfast; giri-rāṭ — the Himalaya Mountains; iva — just like; maunena — with his vow of silence; sādhayati — he is striving; artham — for his goal; baka-vat — just like a duck; dṛḍha — firm; niścayaḥ — his determination; iti — thus speaking; eke — some; vihasanti — ridicule; enam — him; eke — some; durvātayanti — pass foul air; ca — and; tam — him; babandhuḥ — they bound in chains; nirurudhuḥ — kept captive; yathā — as; krīḍanakam — a pet animal; dvijam — that brāhmaṇa.

TRANSLATION

Some would ridicule him by saying, "Just see this greatly powerful sage! He is as steadfast as the Himalaya Mountains. By practice of silence he strives for his goal with great determination, just like a duck." Other persons would pass foul air upon him, and sometimes others would bind this twice-born brāhmaṇa in chains and keep him captive like a pet animal.

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