एवमादीन्यभद्राणि बभाषे नष्टमङ्गल: । नोवाच किञ्चिद्भगवान्यथा सिंह: शिवारुतम् ॥ ३८ ॥
evam-ādīny abhadrāṇi babhāṣe naṣṭa-maṅgalaḥ novāca kiñcid bhagavān yathā siṁhaḥ śivā-rutam
- evam
- such
- ādīni
- and more
- abhadrāṇi
- harsh words
- babhāṣe
- he spoke
- naṣṭa
- ruined
- maṅgalaḥ
- whose good fortune
- na uvāca
- He did not say
- kiñcit
- anything
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- yathā
- just as
- siṁhaḥ
- a lion
- śivā
- of a jackal
- rutam
- the cry
[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] Bereft of all good fortune, Śiśupāla spoke these and other insults. But the Supreme Lord said nothing, just as a lion ignores a jackal’s cry.