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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.28.8
SYNONYMS
ātmānam — himself; kanyayā — by Kālakanyā; grastam — being embraced; pańcālān — Pańcāla; ari-dūshitān — infected by the enemies; duranta — insurmountable; cintām — anxiety; āpannah — having obtained; na — not; lebhe — achieved; tat — of that; pratikriyām — counteraction.
TRANSLATION
When King Purańjana saw that all his family members, relatives, followers, servants, secretaries and everyone else had turned against him, he certainly became very anxious. But he could not counteract the situation because he was thoroughly overwhelmed by Kālakanyā.
PURPORT
When a person becomes weak from the attack of old age, the family members, servants and secretaries do not care for him. He is then unable to counteract this. Thus he becomes more and more anxious and laments his frightful condition.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness