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The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
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rājan —O King;  tvayā —by you;  anuprṣṭānām —as you inquired;  suhṛdām —of friends and relatives;  naḥ —our;  suhṛtpure —in the city of Dvārakā;  vipra —the  brāhmaṇas ;  śāpa —by the curse of;  vimūḍhānām —of the befooled;  nighnatām —of the killed;  muṣṭibhiḥ —with bunches of sticks;  mithaḥ —among themselves;  vāruṇīm —fermented rice;  madirām —wine;  pītvā —having drunk;  madonmathita —being intoxicated;  cetasām —of that mental situation;  ajānatām —of the unrecognized;  iva —like;  anyonyam —one another;  catuḥ —four;  pañca —five;  avaśeṣitāḥ —now remaining.
TRANSLATION
O King, since you have asked me about our friends and relatives in the city of Dvārakā, I will inform you that all of them were cursed by the  brāhmaṇas , and as a result they all became intoxicated with wine made of purified rice and fought among themselves with sticks, not even recognizing one another. Now all but four or five of them are dead and gone.
TEXT 24
प्रायेणैतद् भगवत् ईश्वरस्य विचेष्टितम् । मिथो निघन्ति मूतानि मावयन्ति च यन्मिथः॥२४॥
prāyeṇaitad bhagavata īśvarasya viceṣṭitam mitho nighnanti bhūtāni bhāvayanti ca yan mithaḥ
prāyeṇa etat —it is almost by;  bhagavataḥ —of the Personality of God-head;  īśvarasya —of the Lord;  viceṣṭitam —by the will of;  mithaḥ —one another;  nighnanti —do kill;  bhūtāni —the living beings;  bhāvayanti —as also protect;  ca —also;  yat —of whom;  mithaḥ —one another.
TRANSLATION
Factually this is all due to the supreme will of the Lord Personality of Godhead. Sometimes people kill one another, and at other times they protect one another.