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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.27.22

మయి సంరభ్య విపులమదాచ్ఛాపం సుదు:సహమ్ । స్థాతుమర్హసి నైకత్ర మద్యాచ్ఞావిముఖో మునే ॥ ౨౨ ॥
mayi saṁrabhya vipula-
[mayi samrabhya vipula-]
madāc chāpaṁ suduḥsaham
[madaach chaapam suduhsaham]
sthātum arhasi naikatra
[sthaatum arhasi naikatra]
mad-yācṣā-vimukho mune
[mad-yaachshaa-vimukho mune]
mayi — unto me saṁrabhya — having become angry vipula — unlimited madāt — out of illusion śāpam — curse su-duḥsaham — unbearable sthātum arhasi — you may remain na — never ekatra — in one place mat — my yācṣā — request vimukhaḥ — having refused mune — O great sage.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
mayi saṁrabhya vipula-
mayi
unto me
saṁrabhya
having become angry
vipula
unlimited
madāc chāpaṁ suduḥsaham
madāt
out of illusion
śāpam
curse
su-duḥsaham
unbearable
sthātum arhasi naikatra
sthātum arhasi
you may remain
na
never
ekatra
in one place
mad-yācṣā-vimukho mune
mat
my
yācṣā
request
vimukhaḥ
having refused
mune
O great sage.
The great sage Nārada continued: When I refused to accept her request, she became very angry at me and cursed me severely. Because I refused her request, she said that I would not be able to stay in one place for a long time.

The great sage Nārada Muni has a spiritual body; therefore old age, disease, birth and death do not affect him. Nārada is the most kind devotee of the Supreme Lord, and his only business is to travel all over the universe and preach God consciousness. In other words, his business is to make everyone a Vaiṣṇava. Under the circumstances, there is ordinarily no need for him to stay in one place for more than the time he requires to preach. Since by his own free will he is already traveling all over the universe, the curse of Kālakanyā is described as fortunate. Like Nārada Muni, many other devotees of the Lord are engaged in preaching the glories of the Lord in different places and in different universes. Such personalities are beyond the jurisdiction of material laws.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Angry with me, she uttered a great, intolerable curse. “O sage! You cannot stay in one place since you have refused my request.” Angry with me for refusing, she cursed me. Actually, because I do not have any prārabdha-karmas in my body, and thus am devoid of the six afflictions of lamentation, illusion, old age, death, hunger and thirst, she cannot affect me. By refusing her request, I am able to travel everywhere to deliver people as a result of her curse, which became a form of mercy.
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