SB 8.11.4 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

नटवन्मूढ मायाभिर्मायेशान् नो जिगीषसि । जित्वा बालान् निबद्धाक्षान् नटो हरति तद्धनम् ॥ ४ ॥

Verse text

naṭavan mūḍha māyābhir māyeśān no jigīṣasi jitvā bālān nibaddhākṣān naṭo harati tad-dhanam

Synonyms

naṭa — vat — like a cheater or rogue ; mūḍha — you rascal ; māyābhiḥ — by exhibiting illusions ; māyā — īśān — unto the demigods, who can control all such illusory manifestations ; naḥ — unto us ; jigīṣasi — you are trying to become victorious ; jitvā — conquering ; bālān — small children ; nibaddha — akṣān — by binding the eyes ; naṭaḥ — a cheater ; harati — takes away ; tat — dhanam — the property in the possession of a child .

Translation

Indra said: O rascal, as a cheater sometimes binds the eyes of a child and takes away his possessions, you are trying to defeat us by displaying some mystic power, although you know that we are the masters of all such mystic powers.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Indra said: O fool! You, like an actor, want to defeat us, who are masters of mystic powers by displaying your power. An actor sometimes binds the eyes of a child and takes away his possessions. Indra begins speaking. The actor, conquering a child by binding his eyes, takes away his money. Similarly you desire to conquer us.