🪷 ŚB 4.13.22

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

Sanskrit

किं वांहो वेन उद्दिश्य ब्रह्मदण्डमयूयुजन् । दण्डव्रतधरे राज्ञि मुनयो धर्मकोविदा: ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

kiṁ vāṁho vena uddiśya brahma-daṇḍam ayūyujan daṇḍa-vrata-dhare rājñi munayo dharma-kovidāḥ
Synonyms
kim — why; vā — also; aṁhaḥ — sinful activities; vene — unto Vena; uddiśya — seeing; brahma-daṇḍam — the curse of a brāhmaṇa; ayūyujan — they desired to award; daṇḍa-vrata-dhare — who carries the rod of punishment; rājñi — unto the king; munayaḥ — the great sages; dharma-kovidāḥ — completely conversant with religious principles.

Translation

Vidura also inquired: How is it that the great sages, who were completely conversant with religious principles, desired to curse King Vena, who himself carried the rod of punishment, and thus awarded him the greatest punishment [brahma-śāpa]?

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