ŚB 10.67.7
Canto 10, Chapter 67, Text 7
पुरुषान् योषितो दृप्त: क्ष्माभृद्द्रोणीगुहासु स: ।
निक्षिप्य चाप्यधाच्छैलै: पेशष्कारीव कीटकम् ॥ ७ ॥
निक्षिप्य चाप्यधाच्छैलै: पेशष्कारीव कीटकम् ॥ ७ ॥
puruṣān yoṣito dṛptaḥ
kṣmābhṛd-dronī-guhāsu saḥ
nikṣipya cāpyadhāc chailaiḥ
peśaṣkārīva kīṭakam
kṣmābhṛd-dronī-guhāsu saḥ
nikṣipya cāpyadhāc chailaiḥ
peśaṣkārīva kīṭakam
Word by word
puruṣān — men; yoṣitaḥ — and women; dṛptaḥ — audacious; kṣmā-bhṛt — of a mountain; droṇī — within a valley; guhāsu — inside caves; saḥ — he; nikṣipya — casting; ca — and; apyadhāt — sealed; śailaiḥ — with large stones; peśaṣkārī — a wasp; iva — as; kīṭakam — a small insect.
Translation
Just as a wasp imprisons smaller insects, he arrogantly threw both men and women into caves in a mountain valley and sealed the caves shut with boulders.