Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.47
తామాపతన్తీం జ్వలతీమసిహస్తాం పదా భువమ్ ।
వేపయన్తీం సముద్వీక్ష్య న చచాల పదాన్నృప: ॥ ౪౭ ॥
tām āpatantīṁ jvalatīm
[taam aapatanteem jvalateem]
asi-hastāṁ padā bhuvam
[asi-hastaam padaa bhuvam]
vepayantīṁ samudvīkṣya
[vepayanteem samudveekshya]
na cacāla padān nṛpaḥ
[na chachaala padaan nripah]
Word-for-word
tām
—
that (demon)
āpatantīm
—
coming forward to attack him
jvalatīm
—
blazing like fire
asi-hastām
—
with a trident in his hand
padā
—
with his footstep
bhuvam
—
the surface of the earth
vepayantīm
—
causing to tremble
samudvīkṣya
—
seeing him perfectly
na
—
not
cacāla
—
moved
padāt
—
from his place
nṛpaḥ
—
the King.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tām āpatantīṁ jvalatīm
tām
that (demon)
āpatantīm
coming forward to attack him
jvalatīm
blazing like fire
asi-hastāṁ padā bhuvam
asi-hastām
with a trident in his hand
padā
with his footstep
bhuvam
the surface of the earth
vepayantīṁ samudvīkṣya
vepayantīm
causing to tremble
samudvīkṣya
seeing him perfectly
na cacāla padān nṛpaḥ
na
not
cacāla
moved
padāt
from his place
nṛpaḥ
the King.
Taking a trident in his hand and making the surface of the earth tremble with his footsteps, that blazing creature came before Mahārāja Ambarīṣa. But the King, upon seeing him, was not at all disturbed and did not move even slightly from his position.
Purport
Nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati ( Bhāg. 6.17.28 ). A pure devotee of Nārāyaṇa is never afraid of any material danger. There are many examples of devotees such as Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was tortured by his father but was not at all afraid, although he was only a five-year-old boy. Therefore, following the examples of Ambarīṣa Mahārāja and Prahlāda Mahārāja, a devotee should learn how to tolerate all such awkward positions in this world. Devotees are often tortured by nondevotees, yet the pure devotee, depending fully on the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is never disturbed by such inimical activities.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Taking a trident in his hand and making the surface of the earth tremble with his footsteps, that blazing creature came before Mahārāja Ambarīṣa. But the King, upon seeing him, did not move even slightly from his position.
Ambarīṣa thought, “I should not counteract the power of a brāhmaṇa. I should just tolerate it.” Thus he did not move.
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