Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22


Sanskrit:

ते पालयन्त: समयमसुरा: स्वकृतं नृप ।तूष्णीमासन्कृतस्‍नेहा: स्त्रीविवादजुगुप्सया ॥ २२ ॥

ITRANS:

te pālayantaḥ samayamasurāḥ sva-kṛtaṁ nṛpatūṣṇīm āsan kṛta-snehāḥstrī-vivāda-jugupsayā

Translation:

O King, since the demons had promised to accept whatever the woman did, whether just or unjust, now, to keep this promise, to show their equilibrium and to save themselves from fighting with a woman, they remained silent.

Purport: