Canto 3, Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Verse 30 (SB 3.16.30)
SB 3.16.30 • मूल श्लोक

एतत्पुरैव निर्दिष्टं रमया क्रुद्धया यदा । पुरापवारिता द्वारि विशन्ती मय्युपारते ॥ ३० ॥

Transliteration

etat puraiva nirdiṣṭaṁ ramayā kruddhayā yadā purāpavāritā dvāri viśantī mayy upārate

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

etat — this departure; purā — formerly; eva — certainly; nirdiṣṭam — foretold; ramayā — by Lakṣmī; kruddhayā — furious; yadā — when; purā — previously; apavāritā — prevented; dvāri — at the gate; viśantī — entering; mayi — as I; upārate — was resting.

Translation

“This departure from Vaikuṇṭha was foretold by Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. She was very angry because when she left My abode and then returned, you stopped her at the gate while I was sleeping.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda