330 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 9
evam eva khalu mahad-abhicarati-kramah kartsnyendtmane phalati.

evam eva—in this way; khalu—indeed; mahat—to great per-
sonalities; abhicdra—in the form of envy; ati-kramah—the limit of
offense; kartsnyena—always; dtmane—unto oneself; phalati—gives the
result.

TRANSLATION

When an envious person commits an offense before a great per-

sonality, he is always punished in the way mentioned above.
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q A watyed aeagd aqaeae: ase aTafaastt
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Ranterenmgececareitat ae Fidei
Taran «=| Raat: ofteeT ATTA
TAUCAOAHA AKAGI AVTATATASATANT Ul Ro II
na vé etad visnudatta mahad-adbhutam yad asambhramah sva-siras-
chedana Gpatite ’pi vimukta-dehady-dtma-bhava-sudrdha-hrdaya-
granthinam sarva-sattva-suhrd-aimanam nirvairanam saksad
bhagavatanimisari-vardyudhendpramattena tais tair bhavaih
pariraksyamananam tat-pada-milam akutascid-bhayam upasrtanam
bhagavata-paramahamsdanam.

na—not; vd—or; etat—this;, visnu-datta—O Maharaja Pariksit, who
was protected by Lord Visnu; mahat—a great; adbhutam—wonder;
yat—which; asambhramah—lack of perplexity; sva-sirah-chedane—
when the chopping off of the head; apatite—was about to happen; api—
even though; vimukta—completely liberated from; deha-ddi-dtma-
bhava—the false bodily concept of life; su-drdha—very strong and
tight; hrdaya-granthinam—of those whose knots within the heart;
sarva-sattva-suhrt-Gtmanaém—of persons who in their hearts always
wish well to all living entities; nirvairandm—who do not find anyone as
their enemy; sdksdt—directly; bhagavata—by the Supreme Personality
