SB 5.9.19

SB 5.9.19

Devanagari

एवमेव खलु महदभिचारातिक्रम: कार्त्स्‍न्येनात्मने फलति ॥ १९ ॥

Verse text

evam eva khalu mahad-abhicārāti-kramaḥ kārtsnyenātmane phalati.

Synonyms

evam eva in this way ; khalu indeed ; mahat to great personalities ; abhicāra in the form of envy ; ati kramaḥ — the limit of offense ; kārtsnyena always ; ātmane unto oneself ; phalati gives the result .

Translation

When an envious person commits an offense before a great personality, he is always punished in the way mentioned above.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Committing offense with violence to the devotee brings such a result to the offender.