Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 03, Chapter 18, Text 24

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SB 3.18.24

mainam mayavinam drptam
 nirankusam asattamam
akrida balavad deva
 yathasivisam utthitam
 
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
 
Lord Brahma continued: My dear Lord, there is no need to play with this serpentine demon, who is always very skilled in conjuring tricks and is arrogant, self-sufficient and most wicked.
 
Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 
 
No one is unhappy when a serpent is killed. It is a practice among village boys to catch a serpent by the tail and play with it for some time and then kill it. Similarly, the Lord could have killed the demon at once, but He played with him in the same way as a child plays with a snake before killing it. Brahma requested, however, that since the demon was more wicked and undesirable than a serpent, there was no need to play with him. It was his wish that he be killed at once, without delay.
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 03, Chapter 18, Text 22-23
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 03, Chapter 18, Text 25