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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 19]
thwarted by providence;  nu —certainly;  kartum —to do;  manaḥ —the mind;  atiruṣṭam —very angry;  viśate —enters;  tamaḥ —darkness;  andham —dense.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, don't be agitated and anxious because your sacrifices have not been properly executed due to providential impediments. Kindly take my words with great respect. We should always remember that if something happens by providential arrangement, we should not be very sorry. The more we try to rectify such reversals, the more we enter into the darkest region of materialistic thought.
PURPORT
Sometimes the saintly or very religious person also has to meet with reversals in life. Such incidents should be taken as providential. Although there may be sufficient cause for being unhappy, one should avoid counteracting such reversals because the more we become implicated in rectifying such reversals, the more we enter into the darkest regions of material anxiety. Lord Kṛṣṇa has also advised us in this connection. We should tolerate things instead of becoming agitated.
TEXT 35
कर्तुविरमतायेष देवेषु दुरवग्रहः ।  
 धर्मव्यतिकरो यत्र पारवण्डैरिन्द्रनिर्मितैः ॥३५॥
kratur viramatām eṣa 
    deveṣu duravagrahaḥ 
    dharma-vyatikaro yatra 
    pākhaṇḍair indra-nirmitaiḥ
kratuḥ —the sacrifice;  viramatām —let it stop;  eṣaḥ —this;  deveṣu —amongst the demigods;  duravagrahaḥ —addiction to unwanted things;  dharma-vyatikaraḥ —violation of religious principles;  yatra —where;  pākhaṇḍaiḥ —by sinful activities;  indra —by the King of heaven;  nirmitaiḥ —manufactured.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā continued:  Stop the performance of these sacrifices, for they have induced Indra to introduce so many irreligious aspects. You