Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.30.12

tatas tasmin mahā-pānaḿ

papur maireyakaḿ madhu

diṣṭa-vibhraḿśita-dhiyo

yad-dravair bhraśyate matiḥ

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — then; tasmin — there; mahā — a large amount; pānam — drink; papuḥ — they drank; maireyakam — called maireya; madhu — sweet-tasting; diṣṭa — by destiny; vibhraḿśita — having lost; dhiyaḥ — their intelligence; yat — of which beverage; dravaiḥ — by the liquid ingredients; bhraśyate — is disrupted; matiḥ — the mind.

TRANSLATION

Then, their intelligence covered by Providence, they liberally indulged in drinking the sweet maireya beverage, which can completely intoxicate the mind.

PURPORT

The word diṣṭa here indicates the desire of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the first chapter of this Canto, "The Curse Upon the Yadu Dynasty," this incident is elaborately explained.

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