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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.14.33

को वैनं परिचक्षीत वेनमेकमृतेऽशुभम् । प्राप्त ईद‍ृशमैश्वर्यं यदनुग्रहभाजन: ॥ ३३ ॥
ko vainaṁ paricakṣīta
[ko vainam parichaksheeta]
venam ekam ṛte ’śubham
[venam ekam rite ’shubham]
prāpta īdṛśam aiśvaryaṁ
[praapta eedrisham aishvaryam]
yad-anugraha-bhājanaḥ
[yad-anugraha-bhaajanah]
Word-for-word
kaḥ — who vā — indeed enam — the Lord paricakṣīta — would blaspheme venam — King Vena ekam — alone ṛte — but for aśubham — inauspicious prāptaḥ — having obtained īdṛśam — like this aiśvaryam — opulence yat — whose anugraha — mercy bhājanaḥ — receiving.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ko vainaṁ paricakṣīta
venam ekam ṛte ’śubham
kaḥ
who
prāpta īdṛśam aiśvaryaṁ
vā
indeed
enam
the Lord
paricakṣīta
would blaspheme
venam
King Vena
ekam
alone
ṛte
but for
aśubham
inauspicious
prāptaḥ
having obtained
īdṛśam
like this
aiśvaryam
opulence
yat
whose
yad-anugraha-bhājanaḥ
anugraha
mercy
bhājanaḥ
receiving.
But for King Vena, who is simply inauspicious, who would blaspheme the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by whose mercy one is awarded all kinds of fortune and opulence?
Purport

When human society individually or collectively becomes godless and blasphemes the authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is certainly destined for ruination. Such a civilization invites all kinds of bad fortune due to not appreciating the mercy of the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Who except unfortunate Vena would criticize the Lord, by whose mercy a person receives such wealth and power? Who except Vena would criticize Viṣṇu from whom he received such power and was the object of mercy? Therefore he should be shown no mercy, and should be killed.
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Personal Guidance
Who but inauspicious Vena would blaspheme the Lord by whose mercy all fortune comes? When a person is biting the hand that feeds them, they are revealing more than the surface insult.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose blasphemy reveals their inauspiciousness more than mine could ever describe?
  • Where am I myself biting hands that have actually fed me?
📝 My note

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