Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 83 Verse 31

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 83: Draupadī Meets the Queens of Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.83.31

evaḿ vṛte bhagavati

mayeśe nṛpa-yūthapāḥ

na sehire yājñaseni

spardhanto hṛc-chayāturāḥ

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; vṛte — being chosen; bhagavati — the Personality of Godhead; mayā — by me; īśe — the Lord; nṛpa — of kings; yūtha-pāḥ — the leaders; na sehire — could not tolerate it; yājñaseni — O Draupadī; spardhantaḥ — becoming quarrelsome; hṛt-śaya — by lust; āturāḥ — distressed.

TRANSLATION

The leading kings there could not tolerate my having chosen the Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Draupadī. Burning with lust, they became quarrelsome.

PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī comments that the contamination of lust led the kings to quarrel foolishly with the Lord even after seeing His supreme power.

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