SB 10.20.23

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 20: The Rainy Season and Autumn in Vṛndāvana

SB 10.20.22 - SB 10.20.24

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 23

jalaughair nirabhidyanta

setavo varṣatīśvare

pāṣaṇḍinām asad-vādair

veda-mārgāḥ kalau yathā

SYNONYMS

jala-oghaiḥ—by the floodwater; nirabhidyanta—became broken; setavaḥ—the dikes; varṣati—when he is showering rain; īśvare—Lord Indra; pāṣaṇḍinām—of the atheists; asat-vādaiḥ—by the false theories; veda-mārgāḥ—the paths of the Vedas; yathā—as.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

When Indra sent forth his rains, the floodwaters broke through the irrigation dikes in the agricultural fields, just as in the Kali-yuga the atheists' false theories break down the boundaries of Vedic injunctions.

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