Text 23] Indra Offends Brhaspati 45

tasyayam anayasyasit
parebhyo vah pardbhavah
praksinebhyah sva-vairibhyah

samrddhanam ca yat surah

tasya—that; ayam—this; anayasya—of your ungrateful activity;
asit—was; parebhyah—by others; vah—of all of you; parabhavah—the
defeat; praksinebhyah—although they were weak; sva-vairibhyah—by
your own enemies, who were previously defeated by you; samrd-
dhanam—being yourselves very opulent; ca—and; yat—which;

surah—O demigods.

TRANSLATION

Because of your misbehavior toward Brhaspati, you have been
defeated by the demons. My dear demigods, since the demons were
weak, having been defeated by you several times, how else could
you, who were so advanced in opulence, be defeated by them?

PURPORT

The devas are celebrated for fighting with the asuras perpetually. In
such fights the asuras were always defeated, but this time the demigods
were defeated. Why? The reason, as stated here, was that they had
offended their spiritual master. Their impudent disrespect of their
spiritual master was the cause of their defeat by the demons. As stated in
the sdstras, when one disrespects a respectable superior, one loses his
longevity and the results of his pious activities, and in this way one is

degraded.

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maghavan dvisatah pasya
praksinan gurv-atikramat
sampraty upacitan bhityah
