Text 10] Gajendra Returns to the Spiritual World
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pariśritaḥ —surrounded;  tam —him;  vikṣya —seeing;  tūṣṇīm —silent;  akṛta-arhaṇa-ādikam —without offering a respectful reception;  rahasi —in a secluded place;  upāsīnam —sitting in meditation;  ṛṣiḥ —the great sage;  cukopa —became very angry;  ha —it so happened.
TRANSLATION
While Indradyumna Mahārāja was engaged in ecstatic meditation, worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the great sage Agastya Muni arrived there, surrounded by his disciples. When the Muni saw that Mahārāja Indradyumna, who was sitting in a secluded place, remained silent and did not follow the etiquette of offering him a reception, he was very angry.
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तस्मा इमं शापमदादसाधु- रयं दुरात्माकृतबुद्धिरद्य । विप्रावमन्ता विशतां तमिलं यथा गजः स्तब्धमतिः स एव ॥१०॥
tasmā imaṁ śāpam adād asādhur ayaṁ durātmākṛta-buddhir adya viprāvamantā viśatāṁ tamisraṁ yathā gajaḥ stabdha-matiḥ sa eva
tasmai —unto Mahārāja Indradyumna;  imam —this;  śāpam —curse;  adāt —he gave;  asādhuḥ —not at all gentle;  ayam —this;  durātmā —degraded soul;  akṛta —without education;  buddhiḥ —his intelligence;  adya —now;  vipra —of a  brāhmaṇa ;  avamantā —insulter;  viśatām —let him enter;  tamisram —darkness;  yathā —as;  gajaḥ —an elephant;  stabdha-matiḥ —possessing blunt intelligence;  saḥ —he;  eva —indeed.
TRANSLATION
Agastya Muni then spoke this curse against the King: This King Indradyumna is not at all gentle. Being low and uneducated, he has