Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 16: The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.16.13

brahmovāca

atha tasyośatīḿ devīm

ṛṣi-kulyāḿ sarasvatīm

nāsvādya manyu-daṣṭānāḿ

teṣām ātmāpy atṛpyata

SYNONYMS

brahmā — Lord Brahmā; uvāca — said; atha — now; tasya — of the Supreme Lord; uśatīm — lovely; devīm — shining; ṛṣi-kulyām — like a series of Vedic hymns; sarasvatīm — speech; na — not; āsvādya — hearing; manyu — anger; daṣṭānām — bitten; teṣām — of those sages; ātmā — the mind; api — even though; atṛpyata — satiated.

TRANSLATION

Brahmā continued: Even though the sages had been bitten by the serpent of anger, their souls were not satiated with hearing the Lord's lovely and illuminating speech, which was like a series of Vedic hymns.

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