SB 3.18.13
Devanāgarī
मैत्रेय उवाचसोऽधिक्षिप्तो भगवता प्रलब्धश्च रुषा भृशम् । आजहारोल्बणं क्रोधं क्रीड्यमानोऽहिराडिव ॥ १३ ॥
Text
maitreya uvāca so ’dhikṣipto bhagavatā pralabdhaś ca ruṣā bhṛśam ājahārolbaṇaṁ krodhaṁ krīḍyamāno ’hi-rāḍ iva
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ—the great sage Maitreya;uvāca—said;saḥ—the demon;adhikṣiptaḥ—having been insulted;bhagavatā—by the Personality of Godhead;pralabdhaḥ—ridiculed;ca—and;ruṣā—angry;bhṛśam—greatly;ājahāra—collected;ulbaṇam—great;krodham—anger;krīḍyamānaḥ—being played with;ahi-rāṭ—a great cobra;iva—like.
Translation
Śrī Maitreya said: The demon, being thus challenged by the Personality of Godhead, became angry and agitated, and he trembled in anger like a challenged cobra.
Purport
A cobra is very fierce before ordinary persons, but before an enchanter who can play with him, he is a plaything. Similarly, a demon may be very powerful in his own domain, but before the Lord he is insignificant. The demon Rāvaṇa was a fierce figure before the demigods, but when he was before Lord Rāmacandra he trembled and prayed to his deity, Lord Śiva, but to no avail.