Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12


Sanskrit:

स्वपौरुषे प्रतिहते हतमानोमहासुर: ।नैच्छद्गदां दीयमानां हरिणा विगतप्रभ: ॥ १२ ॥

ITRANS:

sva-pauruṣe pratihatehata-māno mahāsuraḥnaicchad gadāṁ dīyamānāṁhariṇā vigata-prabhaḥ

Translation:

His valor thus frustrated, the great demon felt humiliated and was put out of countenance. He was reluctant to take back the mace when it was offered by the Personality of Godhead.

Purport: