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.