Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29


Sanskrit:

त इत्थमपकुर्वन्तो मुनेस्तत्तेजसा मुने ।दह्यमाना निववृतु: प्रबोध्याहिमिवार्भका: ॥ २९ ॥

ITRANS:

ta ittham apakurvantomunes tat-tejasā munedahyamānā nivavṛtuḥprabodhyāhim ivārbhakāḥ

Translation:

O learned Śaunaka, while Cupid and his followers tried to harm the sage, they felt themselves being burned alive by his potency. Thus they stopped their mischief, just like children who have aroused a sleeping snake.

Purport: