Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 Chapter 3 Verse 24

Canto 3: The Status Quo | Chapter 3: The Lord's Pastimes Out of Vṛndāvana

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.3.24

puryāḿ kadācit krīḍadbhir

yadu-bhoja-kumārakaiḥ

kopitā munayaḥ śepur

bhagavan-mata-kovidāḥ

SYNONYMS

puryām — in the city of Dvārakā; kadācit — once upon a time; krīḍadbhiḥ — by sporting activities; yadu — the descendants of Yadu; bhoja — the descendants of Bhoja; kumārakaiḥ — princes; kopitāḥ — became angry; munayaḥ — the great sages; śepuḥ — cursed; bhagavat — the Personality of Godhead; mata — desire; kovidāḥ — cognizant.

TRANSLATION

Once upon a time, great sages were made angry by the sporting activities of the princely descendants of the Yadu and Bhoja dynasties, and thus, as desired by the Lord, the sages cursed them.

PURPORT

The associates of the Lord who were playing the part of princely descendants of the Yadu and Bhoja dynasties were not ordinary living entities. It is not possible that they could offend any saintly man or sage, nor could the sages, who were all pure devotees of the Lord, be influenced to anger by any of the sporting activities of the princes born in the holy dynasties of Yadu or Bhoja, wherein the Lord Himself appeared as a descendant. The cursing of the princes by the sages was another transcendental pastime of the Lord to make a show of anger. The princes were cursed in order that one may know that even the descendants of the Lord, who could never be vanquished by any act of material nature, were subjected to the reactions of anger by great devotees of the Lord. One should therefore take great care and attention not to commit an offense at the feet of a devotee of the Lord.

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