Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.16.33

tau tu gīrvāṇa-ṛṣabhau

dustarād dhari-lokataḥ

hata-śriyau brahma-śāpād

abhūtāḿ vigata-smayau

SYNONYMS

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.

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