Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11


Sanskrit:

एवं निराकृतो देवो वैरिणा तथ्यवादिना ।नामृष्यत् तदधिक्षेपं तोत्राहत इव द्विप: ॥ ११ ॥

ITRANS:

evaṁ nirākṛto devovairiṇā tathya-vādinānāmṛṣyat tad-adhikṣepaṁtotrāhata iva dvipaḥ

Translation:

Since Mahārāja Bali’s rebukes were truthful, King Indra did not at all become sorry, just as an elephant beaten by its driver’s rod does not become agitated.

Purport: