🪷 ŚB 11.21.20

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

कलेर्दुर्विषह: क्रोधस्तमस्तमनुवर्तते । तमसा ग्रस्यते पुंसश्चेतना व्यापिनी द्रुतम् ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

kaler durviṣahaḥ krodhas tamas tam anuvartate tamasā grasyate puṁsaś cetanā vyāpinī drutam
Synonyms
kaleḥ — from quarrel; durviṣahaḥ — intolerable; krodhaḥ — anger; tamaḥ — ignorance; tam — that anger; anuvartate — follows; tamasā — by ignorance; grasyate — is seized; puṁsaḥ — of a man; cetanā — the consciousness; vyāpinī — broad; drutam — swiftly.

Translation

From quarrel arises intolerable anger, followed by the darkness of ignorance. This ignorance quickly overtakes a man’s broad intelligence.

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