Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 68: The Marriage of Sāmba

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.68.28

katham indro 'pi kurubhir

bhīṣma-droṇārjunādibhiḥ

adattam avarundhīta

siḿha-grastam ivoraṇaḥ

SYNONYMS

katham — how; indraḥ — Lord Indra; api — even; kurubhiḥ — by the Kurus; bhīṣma-droṇa-arjuna-ādibhiḥBhīṣma, Droṇa, Arjuna and others; adattam — not given; avarundhīta — would usurp; siḿha — by a lion; grastam — that which has been seized; ivaas; uraṇaḥa sheep.

TRANSLATION

How would even Indra dare usurp anything that Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Arjuna or the other Kurus have not given him? It would be like a lamb claiming the lion's kill.

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