24 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 1

TEXT 17
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etad veditum icchamah
sarva eva vayam mune

bhagavan-nindaya veno
dvijais tamasi patitah

etat—this; veditum—to know; icchamah—desire; sarve—all; eva—
certainly; vayam—we; mune—O great sage; bhagavat-nindayd—be-
cause of blaspheming the Lord; venah—Vena, the father of Prthu
Maharaja; dvyaih—by the brahmanas; tamasi—into hell; patitah—was
thrown.

TRANSLATION
O great sage, we are all eager to know the cause for this mercy of
the Lord. I have heard that formerly a king named Vena
blasphemed the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that all the
brahmanas consequently obliged him to go to hell. Sisupala should
also have been sent to hell. How then did he merge into the Lord’s

existence?

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damaghosa-sutah papa
Grabhya kala-bhdsandat

sampraty amarsi govinde
dantavakras ca durmatih

damaghosa-sutah—Sisupila, the son of Damaghosa; papah—sinful;
drabhya—beginning; kala-bhdsanét—from the unclear speech of a
child; samprati—even until now; amarsi—envious; govinde—toward
