606 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 14

maitreya uvaca
ittham viparyaya-matih
papiyan utpatham gatah
anuniyamanas tad-yacham
na cakre bhrasta-mangalah

maitreyah uvadca—Maitreya said; ittham—thus; viparyaya-matih—one
who has developed perverse intelligence; paptyan—most sinful; utpatham—
from the right path; gatah—having gone; anuniyamanah—being offered all
respect; tat-yachadm—the request of the sages; na—not; cakre—accepted;
bhrasta—bereft of; mangalah—all good fortune.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya continued: Thus the King, who became unin-
telligent due to his sinful life and deviation from the right path, became
actually bereft of all good fortune. Thus he could not accept the requests
of the great sages, which the sages put before him with great respect, and
therefore he was condemned.

PURPORT

The demons certainly cannot have any faith in the words of authorities.
In fact, they are always disrespectful to authorities. They manufacture
their own religious principles and disobey great personalities like Vyasa,
Narada, and even the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. As soon as
one disobeys authority, he immediately becomes very sinful and loses his
good fortune. The King was so puffed up and impudent that he dared dis-
respect the great saintly personalities, and this brought him ruination.

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afa dsacpareda fra: eae |
AAA ASIA TA FAGT THA! Noll

itt te ’sat-krtas tena
dvijah pandita-maninad
bhagnayam bhavya-yaciayam
tasmai vidura cukrudhuh
iti—thus; te—all the great sages; asat-krtah—being insulted; tena—by the
King; dvijah—the brahmanas; pandita-manina—thinking himself to be very
learned; bhagndyam—being broken; bhavya—auspicious; yacndyam—their
request; tasmai—at him; vidura—O Vidura; cukrudhuh— became very angry.
