Canto 3, Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Verse 33 (SB 3.16.33)
SB 3.16.33 • मूल श्लोक

तौ तु गीर्वाणऋषभौ दुस्तराद्धरिलोकत: । हतश्रियौ ब्रह्मशापादभूतां विगतस्मयौ ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

tau tu gīrvāṇa-ṛṣabhau dustarād dhari-lokataḥ hata-śriyau brahma-śāpād abhūtāṁ vigata-smayau

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tau — those two gatekeepers; tu — but; gīrvāṇa-ṛṣabhau — the best of the demigods; dustarāt — unable to be avoided; hari-lokataḥ — from Vaikuṇṭha, the abode of Lord Hari; hata-śriyau — diminished in beauty and luster; brahma-śāpāt — from the curse of a brāhmaṇa; abhūtām — became; vigata-smayau — morose.

Translation

“But those two gatekeepers, the best of the demigods, their beauty and luster diminished by the curse of the brāhmaṇas, became morose and fell from Vaikuṇṭha, the abode of the Supreme Lord.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda