Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 31


Sanskrit:

नूनं नानामदोन्नद्धा: शान्तिं नेच्छन्त्यसाधव: ।तेषां हि प्रशमो दण्ड: पशूनां लगुडो यथा ॥ ३१ ॥

ITRANS:

nūnaṁ nānā-madonnaddhāḥśāntiṁ necchanty asādhavaḥteṣāṁ hi praśamo daṇḍaḥpaśūnāṁ laguḍo yathā

Translation:

[Lord Balarāma said:] “Clearly the many passions of these scoundrels have made them so proud that they do not want peace. Then let them be pacified by physical punishment, as animals are with a stick.

Purport: