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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.30.24

బ్రహ్మశాపోపసృష్టానాం కృష్ణమాయావృతాత్మనామ్ । స్పర్ధాక్రోధ: క్షయం నిన్యే వైణవోఽగ్నిర్యథా వనమ్ ॥ ౨౪ ॥
brahma-śāpopasṛṣṭānāṁ
[brahma-shaapopasrishtaanaam]
kṛṣṇa-māyāvṛtātmanām
[krishna-maayaavritaatmanaam]
spardhā-krodhaḥ kṣayaṁ ninye
[spardhaa-krodhah kshayam ninye]
vaiṇavo ’gnir yathā vanam
[vainavo ’gnir yathaa vanam]
brahma-śāpa — by the curse of the brāhmaṇas upasṛṣṭānām — who were overtaken kṛṣṇa-māyā — by the illusory energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa āvṛta — covered ātmanām — of those whose minds spardhā — arising from rivalry krodhaḥ — the anger kṣayam — to destruction ninye — led vaiṇavaḥ — of bamboo trees agniḥ — a fire yathā — as vanam — the forest.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
brahma-śāpopasṛṣṭānāṁ
brahma-śāpa
by the curse of the brāhmaṇas
upasṛṣṭānām
who were overtaken
kṛṣṇa-māyāvṛtātmanām
kṛṣṇa-māyā
by the illusory energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa
āvṛta
covered
ātmanām
of those whose minds
spardhā-krodhaḥ kṣayaṁ ninye
spardhā
arising from rivalry
krodhaḥ
the anger
kṣayam
to destruction
ninye
led
vaiṇavo ’gnir yathā vanam
vaiṇavaḥ
of bamboo trees
agniḥ
a fire
yathā
as
vanam
the forest.
The violent anger of these warriors, who were overcome by the brāhmaṇas’ curse and bewildered by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency, now led them to their annihilation, just as a fire that starts in a bamboo grove destroys the entire forest.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The violent anger of these warriors, who were overcome by the brāhmaṇas’ curse and bewildered by Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency, now led them to their annihilation, just as a fire that starts in a bamboo grove destroys the entire forest.
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