Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 73: Lord Kṛṣṇa Blesses the Liberated Kings

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.73.12-13

vayaḿ purā śrī-mada-naṣṭa-dṛṣṭayo

jigīṣayāsyā itaretara-spṛdhaḥ

ghnantaḥ prajāḥ svā ati-nirghṛṇāḥ prabho

mṛtyuḿ puras tvāvigaṇayya durmadāḥ

ta eva kṛṣṇādya gabhīra-raḿhasā

durante-vīryeṇa vicālitāḥ śriyaḥ

kālena tanvā bhavato 'nukampayā

vinaṣṭa-darpāś caraṇau smarāma te

SYNONYMS

vayam — we; purā — previously; śrī — of opulence; mada — by the intoxication; naṣṭa — lost; dṛṣṭayaḥ — whose sight; jigīṣayā — with the desire of conquering; asyāḥ — this (earth); itara-itara — with one another; spṛdhaḥ — quarreling; ghnantaḥ — attacking; prajāḥ — citizens; svāḥ — our own; ati — extremely; nirghṛṇāḥ — cruel; prabhoO Lord; mṛtyum — death; puraḥin front; tvā — You; avigaṇayya — disregarding; durmadāḥ — arrogant; te — they (ourselves); eva — indeed; kṛṣṇaO Kṛṣṇa; adya — now; gabhīra — mysterious; raḿhasā — whose movement; duranta — irresistible; vīryeṇa — whose power; vicālitāḥ — forced to depart; śriyaḥ — from our opulence; kālena — by time; tanvā — Your personal form; bhavataḥ — Your; anukampayā — by the mercy; vinaṣṭa — destroyed; darpāḥ — whose pride; caraṇau — the two feet; smarāma — may we remember; te — Your.

TRANSLATION

Previously, blinded by the intoxication of riches, we wanted to conquer this earth, and thus we fought one another to achieve victory, mercilessly harassing our own subjects. We arrogantly disregarded You, O Lord, who stood before us as death. But now, O Kṛṣṇa, that powerful form of Yours called time, moving mysteriously and irresistibly, has deprived us of our opulences. Now that You have mercifully destroyed our pride, we beg simply to remember Your lotus feet.

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