Text 269] Sarvabhauma Bhattacdrya Offers Prasada to the Lord 139

isvare ta’ aparadha phale tata-ksana
eta bali’ pade dui sastrera vacana

SYNONYMS

isvare—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ta’—indeed; aparadha—
offense; phale—brings results; tata-ksana—immediately; eta bali’—saying this;
pade—recites; dui—two; sastrera vacana—quotations from revealed scriptures.

TRANSLATION

“‘When one offends the Supreme Personality of Godhead, karma im-
mediately takes effect.”’ After saying this, he recited two verses from revealed
scripture.

TEXT 269

WIG fe Arya Varad felss |
HAfSWR BI HCA GHRBST | va |

mahata hi prayatnena
hasty-asva-ratha-pattibhih

asmabhir yad anustheyarn
gandharvais tad anusthitam

SYNONYMS

mahata—very great; hi—certainly; prayatnena—by endeavor; hasti—
elephants; asva—horses; ratha—chariots; pattibhih—and by infantry soldiers;
asmabhih—by ourselves; yat—whatever; anustheyam—has to be arranged;
gandharvaih—by the Gandharvas; tat—that; anusthitam—done.

TRANSLATION

““‘What we have had to arrange with great endeavor by collecting
elephants, horses, chariots and infantry soldiers has already been ac-
complished by the Gandharvas.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Mahabhdrata (Vana-parva 241.15). Bhimasena
made this statement when all the Pandavas were living incognito. At that time
there was a fight between the Kauravas and the Gandharvas. The Kaurava soldiers
were under the command of Karna, but the commander-in-chief of the Gandhar-
vas 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,
