140 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 15

requested Maharaja Yudhisthira to help. After being thus petitioned, Bhimasena
spoke the verse given above, remembering Duryodhana’s former nefarious and
atrocious activities against them. Indeed, Bhimasena felt it very fitting that
Duryodhana and his company were arrested. This could have been accomplished
by the Pandavas only with great endeavor.

TEXT 270
ary: falas yest ahs catetatia “a 5 |
RES cH AMT YLCA AMTSHA be |

ayuh sriyam yaso dharmam
lokdn asisa eva ca

hanti Sreyamsi sarvani
pumso mahad-atikramah

SYNONYMS

ayuh—duration of life; sriyam—opulence; yasah—reputation; dharmam—
religion; lokan—possessions; asisah—benedictions; eva—certainly; ca—and;
hanti—destroys; sreyarnsi—good fortune; sarvani—all; purmsah—of a person;
mahat—of great souls; atikramah—violation.

TRANSLATION

‘“‘When a person mistreats great souls, his life span, opulence, reputation,
religion, possessions and good fortune are all destroyed.’

PURPORT

This is a statement made by Sukadeva Gosvami, who was relating Srimad-
Bhagavatam (10.4.46) to Maharaja Pariksit. This quotation concerns the attempted
killing of Krsna’s sister (Yogamaya), who appeared before Krsna’s birth as the
daughter of mother Yasoda. This daughter Yogamaya and Krsna were born
simultaneously, and Vasudeva replaced Krsna by taking Yogamaya away. When
she was brought to Mathura and Karnsa attempted to kill her, Yogamaya slipped
out of his hands. She could not be killed. She then informed Karnsa about the
birth of his enemy, Krsna, and being thus baffled, Karnsa consulted his associates,
who were all demons. When this big conspiracy was taking place, this verse was
spoken by Sukadeva Gosvami. He points out that a demon can lose everything
because of his nefarious activities.

The word mahad-atikramah, meaning “envy of Lord Visnu and His devotees,” is
significant in this verse. The word mahat indicates a great personality, a devotee
or the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Being always engaged in the
