Text 2691 Sāryabhauma Bhattācārya Offers Prasāda to the Lord
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iśvare ta' aparādha phale tata-kṣaṇa eta bali' nade duji śāstrera vacana
SYNONYMS
īśvare —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ta’ —indeed;  aparādha —offense;  phale —brings results;  tata-kṣaṇa —immediately;  eta bali’ —saying this;  pade —recites;  dui —two;  śāstrera vacana —quotations from revealed scriptures.
TRANSLATION
“When one offends the Supreme Personality of Godhead, karma immediately takes effect.” After saying this, he recited two verses from revealed scripture.
TEXT 269
মহতা হি প্রযজ্ঞেন হস্তাখরখপত্তিভি: । অস্মাভির্যদমুষ্টেয়ং গন্ধবৈশুদমুষ্টিতম্ ॥ ২৬৯ ॥
mahatā hi prayatnena
hasty-aśva-ratha-pattibhiḥ
asmābhir yad anuṣṭheyaṁ
gandharvais tad anuṣṭhitam
SYNONYMS
mahatā —very great;  hi —certainly;  prayatnena —by endeavor;  hasti —elephants;  aśva —horses;  ratha —chariots;  pattibhiḥ —and by infantry soldiers;  asmābhiḥ —by ourselves;  yat —whatever;  anuṣṭheyaṁ —has to be arranged;  gandharvaiḥ —by the Gandharvas;  tat —that;  anuṣṭhitam —done.
TRANSLATION
“What we have had to arrange with great endeavor by collecting elephants, horses, chariots and infantry soldiers has already been accomplished by the Gandharvas.”
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the  Mahābhārata  ( Vana-parva  241.15). Bhīmasena made this statement when all the Pāṇḍavas were living incognito. At that time there was a fight between the Kauravas and the Gandharvas. The Kaurava soldiers were under the command of Karṇa, but the commander-in-chief of the Gandharvas was able to arrest all the Kauravas by virtue of superior military strength. At that time Duryodhana’s ministers and commanders, who were living in the forest,