Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 12 Chapter 8 Verse 30

Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 8: Mārkaṇḍeya's Prayers to Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.8.30

itīndrānucarair brahman

dharṣito 'pi mahā-muniḥ

yan nāgād ahamo bhāvaḿ

na tac citraḿ mahatsu hi

SYNONYMS

iti — thus; indra-anucaraiḥ — by the followers of Indra; brahman — O brāhmaṇa; dharṣitaḥ — impudently attacked; api — although; mahā-muniḥ — the elevated sage; yat — that; na agāt — he did not succumb; ahamaḥ — of false ego; bhāvam — to the transformation; na — not; tat — that; citram — surprising; mahatsu — for great souls; hi — indeed.

TRANSLATION

O brāhmaṇa, the followers of Lord Indra had impudently attacked the saintly Mārkaṇḍeya, yet he did not succumb to any influence of false ego. For great souls such tolerance is not at all surprising.

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