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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.5.27

सन्ति ह्यसाधवो लोके दुर्मैत्राश्छद्मवेषिण: । तेषामुदेत्यघं काले रोग: पातकिनामिव ॥ २७ ॥
santi hy asādhavo loke
[santi hy asaadhavo loke]
durmaitrāś chadma-veṣiṇaḥ
[durmaitraash chadma-veshinah]
teṣām udety aghaṁ kāle
[teshaam udety agham kaale]
rogaḥ pātakinām iva
[rogah paatakinaam iva]
Word-for-word
santi — are hi — indeed asādhavaḥ — dishonest persons loke — within this world durmaitrāḥ — cheating friends chadma-veṣiṇaḥ — wearing false garbs teṣām — of all of them udeti — arises agham — the reaction of sinful life kāle — in due course of time rogaḥ — disease pātakinām — of sinful men iva — like.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
santi hy asādhavo loke
santi
are
hi
indeed
asādhavaḥ
dishonest persons
loke
within this world
durmaitrāś chadma-veṣiṇaḥ
durmaitrāḥ
cheating friends
chadma-veṣiṇaḥ
wearing false garbs
teṣām udety aghaṁ kāle
teṣām
of all of them
udeti
arises
agham
the reaction of sinful life
kāle
in due course of time
rogaḥ pātakinām iva
rogaḥ
disease
pātakinām
of sinful men
iva
like.
In due course of time, various types of diseases are manifest in those who are sinful. Similarly, in this world there are many deceptive friends in false garbs, but eventually, because of their false behavior, their actual enmity becomes manifest.
Purport

Being anxious about the education of his boy Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu was very much dissatisfied. When Prahlāda began teaching about devotional service, Hiraṇyakaśipu immediately regarded the teachers as his enemies in the garb of friends. In this verse the words rogaḥ pātakinām iva refer to disease, which is the most sinful and miserable of the conditions of material life ( janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi ). Disease is the symptom of the body of a sinful person. The smṛti-śāstras say:

brahma-hā kṣaya-rogī syāt surāpaḥ śyāvadantakaḥ svarṇa-hārī tu kunakhī duścarmā guru-talpagaḥ

Murderers of brāhmaṇas are later afflicted by tuberculosis, drunkards become toothless, those who have stolen gold are afflicted by diseased nails, and sinful men who have sexual connections with the wife of a superior are afflicted by leprosy and similar skin diseases.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In this world there are dishonest, false friends, who disguise themselves. Just as disease appears in sinful persons with time, their hatred will also manifest in time. By good fortune your partiality to the enemy has been revealed after so many days. Today I will give you a suitable gift. He makes a general statement with this specific intention. The hatred of those with false friendship will become evident by fate, just as disease becomes manifest in a sinner. It is said in the smṛti: brahma-hā kṣaya-rogī syāt surā-paḥ śyāva-dantakaḥ svarṇa-hārī tu kunakhī duścarmā guru-talpagaḥ The killer of a brāhmaṇa gets tuberculosis. The alcoholic gets discolored teeth. The gold thief gets diseased nails. He who violates the guru’s wife gets leprosy. Yajñavalkya Smṛti
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Personal Guidance
Hiraṇyakaśipu suspects the teachers are deceptive friends whose enmity has finally surfaced — like diseases that erupt only after sin accumulates. Demonic suspicion sees betrayal everywhere because it knows itself. Project carefully; you reveal your own playbook.
Reflection Questions
  • Where does your suspicion of others' betrayal actually reveal your own habits?
  • What 'disease' of relationship in your life might be your own behavior surfacing?
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