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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.14

తస్యైవ మేఽఘస్య పరావరేశో వ్యాసక్తచిత్తస్య గృహేష్వభీక్ష్ణమ్ । నిర్వేదమూలో ద్విజశాపరూపో యత్ర ప్రసక్తో భయమాశు ధత్తే ॥ ౧౪ ॥
tasyaiva me ’ghasya parāvareśo
[tasyaiva me ’ghasya paraavaresho]
vyāsakta-cittasya gṛheṣv abhīkṣṇam
[vyaasakta-chittasya griheshv abheekshnam]
nirveda-mūlo dvija-śāpa-rūpo
[nirveda-moolo dvija-shaapa-roopo]
yatra prasakto bhayam āśu dhatte
[yatra prasakto bhayam aashu dhatte]
Word-for-word
tasya — his eva — certainly me — mine aghasya — of the sinful parā — transcendental avara — mundane īśaḥ — controller, the Supreme Lord vyāsakta — overly attached cittasya — of the mind gṛheṣu — to family affairs abhīkṣṇam — always nirveda-mūlaḥ — the source of detachment dvija-śāpa — cursing by the brāhmaṇa rūpaḥ — form of yatra — whereupon prasaktaḥ — one who is affected bhayam — fearfulness āśu — very soon dhatte — take place.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasyaiva me ’ghasya parāvareśo
tasya
his
eva
certainly
me
mine
vyāsakta-cittasya gṛheṣv abhīkṣṇam
aghasya
of the sinful
nirveda-mūlo dvija-śāpa-rūpo
parā
transcendental
avara
mundane
īśaḥ
controller, the Supreme Lord
vyāsakta
overly attached
cittasya
of the mind
gṛheṣu
to family affairs
abhīkṣṇam
always
nirveda-mūlaḥ
the source of detachment
dvija-śāpa
cursing by the brāhmaṇa
rūpaḥ
form of
yatra prasakto bhayam āśu dhatte
yatra
whereupon
prasaktaḥ
one who is affected
bhayam
fearfulness
āśu
very soon
dhatte
take place.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of both the transcendental and mundane worlds, has graciously overtaken me in the form of a brāhmaṇa’s curse. Due to my being too much attached to family life, the Lord, in order to save me, has appeared before me in such a way that only out of fear I will detach myself from the world.
Purport

Mahārāja Parīkṣit, although born in a family of great devotees, the Pāṇḍavas, and although securely trained in transcendental attachment for the association of the Lord, still found the allurement of mundane family life so strong that he had to be detached by a plan of the Lord. Such direct action is taken by the Lord in the case of a special devotee. Mahārāja Parīkṣit could understand this by the presence of the topmost transcendentalists in the universe. The Lord resides with His devotees, and therefore the presence of the great saints indicated the presence of the Lord. The King therefore welcomed the presence of the great ṛṣis as a mark of favor of the Supreme Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
For me, whose impure action was the sin of disrespecting an innocent brāhmaṇa, and whose heart was very attached to family life, the Lord has come in the form of the brāhmaṇa’s curse, which has become the cause of detachment from material life. By the Lord’s presence the attached person quickly becomes fearless.
Commentary

Impure action (tasya eva) was in my case a great sin (aghasya), since I disrespected the brāhmaṇa by putting a snake around his neck. The Lord (parāvareśaḥ—the Lord who is distant and near) in order to show how he delivers the most fallen, has come in the form of the curse of the brāhmaṇa to my side. He is the cause of detachment from the world (nirveda-mūlaḥ). Masculine form of mūlam instead of neuter form is poetic license. He infers that the cause of detachment is the coming of the great sages, for where the Lord comes, there his devotees naturally come. Where the Lord resides, materially attached people quickly become fearless.

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