Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 57


Sanskrit:

तं मानिन: स्वाभिभवं यश:क्षयंपरे जरासन्धमुखा न सेहिरे ।अहो धिगस्मान् यश आत्तधन्वनांगोपैर्हृतं केशरिणां मृगैरिव ॥ ५७ ॥

ITRANS:

taṁ māninaḥ svābhibhavaṁ yaśaḥ-kṣayaṁpare jarāsandha-mukhā na sehireaho dhig asmān yaśa ātta-dhanvanāṁgopair hṛtaṁ keśariṇāṁ mṛgair iva

Translation:

The kings inimical to the Lord, headed by Jarāsandha, could not tolerate this humiliating defeat. They exclaimed, “Oh, damn us! Though we are mighty archers, mere cowherds have stolen our honor, just as puny animals might steal the honor of lions!”

Purport:

From the last two verses of this chapter it is clear that the perverted intelligence of demons makes them perceive things in a way exactly opposite to reality. It is clearly stated that Kṛṣṇa stole Rukmiṇī like a lion taking his prey from the midst of jackals. The demons, however, saw themselves as lions and Lord Kṛṣṇa as an inferior creature. Without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, life becomes most dangerous.