Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.17.29

sa evam utsikta-madena vidviṣā

dṛḍhaḿ pralabdho bhagavān apāḿ patiḥ

roṣaḿ samutthaḿ śamayan svayā dhiyā

vyavocad ańgopaśamaḿ gatā vayam

SYNONYMS

saḥ — Varuṇa; evam — thus; utsikta — puffed up; madena — with vanity; vidviṣā — by the enemy; dṛḍham — deeply; pralabdhaḥ — mocked; bhagavān — worshipful; apām — of the waters; patiḥ — the lord; roṣam — anger; samuttham — sprung up; śamayan — controlling; svayā dhiyā — by his reason; vyavocat — he replied; ańga — O dear one; upaśamam — desisting from warfare; gatāḥ — gone; vayam — we.

TRANSLATION

Thus mocked by an enemy whose vanity knew no bounds, the worshipful lord of the waters waxed angry, but by dint of his reason he managed to curb the anger that had sprung up in him, and he replied: O dear one, we have now desisted from warfare, having grown too old for combat.

PURPORT

As we see, warmongering materialists always create fighting without reason.

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