नूनं नानामदोन्नद्धा: शान्तिं नेच्छन्त्यसाधव: । तेषां हि प्रशमो दण्ड: पशूनां लगुडो यथा ॥ ३१ ॥
nūnaṁ nānā-madonnaddhāḥ śāntiṁ necchanty asādhavaḥ teṣāṁ hi praśamo daṇḍaḥ paśūnāṁ laguḍo yathā
- nūnam
- certainly
- nānā
- by various
- mada
- by passions
- unnaddhāḥ
- puffed up
- śāntim
- peace
- na icchanti
- they do not desire
- asādhavaḥ
- scoundrels
- teṣām
- their
- hi
- indeed
- praśamaḥ
- pacification
- daṇḍaḥ
- physical punishment
- paśūnām
- for animals
- laguḍaḥ
- a stick
- yathā
- as
[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.