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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.4.14

శ్రీరాజోవాచ భగవఞ్ఛ్రోతుమిచ్ఛామి రాజర్షేస్తస్య ధీమత: । న ప్రాభూద్ యత్ర నిర్ముక్తో బ్రహ్మదణ్డో దురత్యయ: ॥ ౧౪ ॥
śrī-rājovāca
[shree-raajovaacha]
bhagavaṣ chrotum icchāmi
[bhagavash chrotum ichchaami]
rājarṣes tasya dhīmataḥ
[raajarshes tasya dheematah]
na prābhūd yatra nirmukto
[na praabhood yatra nirmukto]
brahma-daṇḍo duratyayaḥ
[brahma-dando duratyayah]
śrī-rājā uvāca — King Parīkṣit inquired bhagavan — O great brāhmaṇa śrotum icchāmi — I wish to hear (from you) rājarṣeḥ — of the great King Ambarīṣa tasya — of him dhīmataḥ — who was such a greatly sober personality na — not prābhūt — could act yatra — upon whom (Mahārāja Ambarīṣa) nirmuktaḥ — being released brahma-daṇḍaḥ — the curse of a brāhmaṇa duratyayaḥ — which is insurmountable.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-rājovāca
śrī-rājā uvāca
King Parīkṣit inquired
bhagavaṣ chrotum icchāmi
bhagavan
O great brāhmaṇa
śrotum icchāmi
I wish to hear (from you)
rājarṣes tasya dhīmataḥ
rājarṣeḥ
of the great King Ambarīṣa
tasya
of him
dhīmataḥ
who was such a greatly sober personality
na prābhūd yatra nirmukto
na
not
prābhūt
could act
yatra
upon whom (Mahārāja Ambarīṣa)
nirmuktaḥ
being released
brahma-daṇḍo duratyayaḥ
brahma-daṇḍaḥ
the curse of a brāhmaṇa
duratyayaḥ
which is insurmountable.
King Parīkṣit inquired: O great personality, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was certainly most exalted and meritorious in character. I wish to hear about him. How surprising it is that the curse of a brāhmaṇa, which is insurmountable, could not act upon him.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
King Parīkṣit inquired: O great personality, I wish to hear about the saintly, intelligent Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, who was released from the insurmountable curse of a brāhmaṇa. I wish to hearing the story (word should be supplied) of Ambarīṣa.
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