Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.22
गृहीतो लीलया स्त्रीणां समक्षं कृतकिल्बिष: ।
माहिष्मत्यां सन्निरुद्धो मुक्तो येन कपिर्यथा ॥ २२ ॥
gṛhīto līlayā strīṇāṁ
[griheeto leelayaa streenaam]
samakṣaṁ kṛta-kilbiṣaḥ
[samaksham krita-kilbishah]
māhiṣmatyāṁ sanniruddho
[maahishmatyaam sanniruddho]
mukto yena kapir yathā
[mukto yena kapir yathaa]
Word-for-word
gṛhītaḥ
—
was arrested by force
līlayā
—
very easily
strīṇām
—
of the women
samakṣam
—
in the presence
kṛta-kilbiṣaḥ
—
thus becoming an offender
māhiṣmatyām
—
in the city known as Māhiṣmatī
sanniruddhaḥ
—
was arrested
muktaḥ
—
released
yena
—
by whom (Kārtavīryārjuna)
kapiḥ yathā
—
exactly as done to a monkey.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
gṛhīto līlayā strīṇāṁ
gṛhītaḥ
was arrested by force
līlayā
very easily
strīṇām
of the women
samakṣaṁ kṛta-kilbiṣaḥ
samakṣam
in the presence
kṛta-kilbiṣaḥ
thus becoming an offender
māhiṣmatyāṁ sanniruddho
māhiṣmatyām
in the city known as Māhiṣmatī
sanniruddhaḥ
was arrested
mukto yena kapir yathā
muktaḥ
released
yena
by whom (Kārtavīryārjuna)
kapiḥ yathā
exactly as done to a monkey.
When Rāvaṇa attempted to insult Kārtavīryārjuna in the presence of the women and thus offended him, Kārtavīryārjuna easily arrested Rāvaṇa and put him in custody in the city of Māhiṣmatī, just as one captures a monkey, and then released him neglectfully.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
In the presence of the women, Kārtavīryārjuna, insulted by Rāvaṇa, easily defeated him, and confined him in the city of Māhiṣmatī, just as one captures a monkey, and then releases him.
Rāvaṇa was defeated (gṛhītaḥ) by him.
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Personal Guidance
Rāvaṇa tries to insult Kārtavīryārjuna and is arrested 'like a monkey' and casually released. Sometimes powerful adversaries crush each other in encounters that neither would have predicted — both fed by ego.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I picking ego fights with people whose hidden capacity may humiliate me?
- What 'monkey arrest' am I about to receive that one moment of humility could have averted?
My note
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