Then, their intelligence covered by fate, they liberally indulged in drinking sweet liquor, which can completely intoxicate the mind. Maireyakam is a type of liquor. From this verse till verse 26 the opinions of others, which are not the actual truth, are expressed. The Lord has said: vayaṁ ca tasminn āplutya tarpayitvā pitṝn surān bhojayitvoṣijo viprān nānā-guṇavatāndhasā teṣu dānāni pātreṣu śraddhayoptvā mahānti vai vṛjināni tariṣyāmo dānair naubhir ivārṇavam By bathing at Prabhāsa-kṣetra, by offering tarpanas to the Pitṛs and devatās, by feeding the worshipable brāhmaṇas with various delicious foodstuffs and by bestowing gifts upon them as the most suitable candidates for charity, like sowing seeds, we will certainly cross over these terrible dangers through such acts of charity, just as one can cross over a great ocean in a suitable boat. SB 11.6.37-38 Thus the devatās, on the strength of the Lord’s words, overcame the curse of the brāhmaṇas by giving charity. Drinking wine, they disappeared and ascended to Svarga. The Lord’s version of events starts in verse 27. Previously the Lord said: madhv-āmadātāmra-vilocanānām mitho yadaiṣāṁ bhavitā vivādo naiṣāṁ vadhopāya iyān ato ’nyo mayy udyate ’ntardadhate svayaṁ sma When they will quarrel among themselves, with eyes red because of complete intoxication from liquor, they actually will not die. The cause of their disappearance is otherwise. Only when I decide that they disappear, they will disappear spontaneously. SB 3.3.15 The meaning of the above verse is this. When the quarrel will arise, it is not a method of killing them. That quarrel among them cannot be a cause of their death. Even beating each other with handfuls of reeds will not kill them. The quarrel and the killing seen by ordinary people are not factual. “What was the cause of their destruction?” It is other than killing. What is it? When I desire, they will simply disappear. That is certain (sma).