Text 24] The Pandavas Retire Timely 799

rajan—O King; tuaya—by you; anuprstanam—as you inquired; suhrdam—
of friends and relatives; nah—our; suhrtpure—in the city of Dvaraka; vipra
—the brahmapas; sapa—by the curse of; vimiidhanam—of the befooled;
nighnatam—of the killed; mustibhih—with bunches of sticks; mithah—
among themselves; varupim—fermented rice; madiram—wine; pitva—having
drunk; madonmathita—being intoxicated; cetasam—of that mental situa-
tion; ajanatam—of the unrecognized; iva—like; anyonyam—one another;
catuh—four; pajica—five; avasesitah—now remaining.

TRANSLATION

O King, since you have asked me about our friends and relatives in the
city of Dvaraka, I will inform you that all of them were cursed by the
brahmanas, and as a result they all became intoxicated with wine made of
purified rice and fought «mong themselves with sticks, not even recognizing
one another. Now all but four or five of them are dead and gone.

TEXT 24

maa wd fae AAfeay |
frat fae arta arated a aheaT VII

prayenaitad bhagavata
isvarasya vicestitam

mitho nighnanti bhutani
bhavayanti ca yan mithah

prayena etat—it is almost by; bhagavatah—of the Personality of God-
head; isvarasya—of the Lord; vicestitam—by the will of; mithah—one
another; nighnanti—do kill; bhitdni—the living beings; bhavayanti—as also
protect; ca—also; yat—of whom; mithah—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.
