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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.22-23

राजंस्त्वयानुपृष्टानां सुहृदां न: सुहृत्पुरे । विप्रशापविमूढानां निघ्नतां मुष्टिभिर्मिथ: ॥ २२ ॥ वारुणीं मदिरां पीत्वा मदोन्मथितचेतसाम् । अजानतामिवान्योन्यं चतु:पञ्चावशेषिता: ॥ २३ ॥
rājaṁs tvayānupṛṣṭānāṁ
[raajams tvayaanuprishtaanaam]
suhṛdāṁ naḥ suhṛt-pure
[suhridaam nah suhrit-pure]
vipra-śāpa-vimūḍhānāṁ
[vipra-shaapa-vimoodhaanaam]
nighnatāṁ muṣṭibhir mithaḥ
[nighnataam mushtibhir mithah]
vāruṇīṁ madirāṁ pītvā
[vaaruneem madiraam peetvaa]
madonmathita-cetasām
[madonmathita-chetasaam]
ajānatām ivānyonyaṁ
[ajaanataam ivaanyonyam]
catuḥ-pañcāvaśeṣitāḥ
[chatuh-panchaavasheshitaah]
Word-for-word
rājan — O King tvayā — by you anupṛṣṭānām — as you inquired suhṛdām — of friends and relatives naḥ — our suhṛt-pure — in the city of Dvārakā vipra — the brāhmaṇas śāpa — by the curse of vimūḍhānām — of the befooled nighnatām — of the killed muṣṭibhiḥ — with bunches of sticks mithaḥ — among themselves vāruṇīm — fermented rice madirām — wine pītvā — having drunk mada-unmathita — being intoxicated cetasām — of that mental situation ajānatām — of the unrecognized iva — like anyonyam — one another catuḥ — four pañca — five avaśeṣitāḥ — now remaining.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rājaṁs tvayānupṛṣṭānāṁ
rājan
O King
tvayā
by you
anupṛṣṭānām
as you inquired
suhṛdāṁ naḥ suhṛt-pure
suhṛdām
of friends and relatives
naḥ
our
suhṛt-pure
in the city of Dvārakā
vipra-śāpa-vimūḍhānāṁ
vipra
the brāhmaṇas
śāpa
by the curse of
vimūḍhānām
of the befooled
nighnatāṁ muṣṭibhir mithaḥ
nighnatām
of the killed
muṣṭibhiḥ
with bunches of sticks
mithaḥ
among themselves
vāruṇīṁ madirāṁ pītvā
vāruṇīm
fermented rice
madirām
wine
pītvā
having drunk
madonmathita-cetasām
mada-unmathita
being intoxicated
cetasām
of that mental situation
ajānatām ivānyonyaṁ
ajānatām
of the unrecognized
iva
like
anyonyam
one another
catuḥ-pañcāvaśeṣitāḥ
catuḥ
four
pañca
five
avaśeṣitāḥ
now remaining.
O King, since you have asked me about our friends and relatives in the city of Dvārakā, I will inform you that all of them were cursed by the brāhmaṇas, and as a result they all became intoxicated with wine made of putrefied rice and fought among themselves with sticks, not even recognizing one another. Now all but four or five of them are dead and gone.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O King! Only four or five among our friends in Dvārakā remain. Drinking rice wine, by the curse of a brāhmaṇa they become bewildered, enraged in mind, and killed each other with handfuls of reeds as if not knowing each other.
Commentary

Among the friends who, having drunk wine, became enraged and killed each other with handfuls of erakā reeds, only a four or five remain.

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Personal Guidance
Since you asked about Dvārakā: all our friends were cursed by brāhmaṇas and, intoxicated with putrefied-rice wine, fought among themselves with sticks like sugarcane stalks. Devastation arrived as predicted.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I avoiding looking at a community devastation that has already arrived?
  • What clear, painful naming would help us begin to respond?
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