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| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 14: The Story of King Vena |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.14.33
ko vainam paricakshita
SYNONYMS
kah -- who; va -- indeed; enam -- the Lord; paricakshita -- would blaspheme; venam -- King Vena; ekam -- alone; rite -- but for; asubham -- inauspicious; praptah -- having obtained; idrisam -- like this; aisvaryam -- opulence; yat -- whose; anugraha -- mercy; bhajanah -- receiving.
TRANSLATION
But for King Vena, who is simply inauspicious, who would blaspheme the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by whose mercy one is awarded all kinds of fortune and opulence?
PURPORT
When human society individually or collectively becomes godless and blasphemes the authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is certainly destined for ruination. Such a civilization invites all kinds of bad fortune due to not appreciating the mercy of the Lord.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness