SB 10.20.16

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

SB 10.20.15 - SB 10.20.17

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 16

mārgā babhūvuḥ sandigdhās

tṛṇaiś channā hy asaṁskṛtāḥ

nābhyasyamānāḥ śrutayo

dvijaiḥ kālena cāhatāḥ

SYNONYMS

mārgāḥ — the roads; babhūvuḥ — became; sandigdhāḥ — obscured; tṛṇaiḥ — by grass; channāḥ — covered over; hi — indeed; asaṁskṛtāḥ — not cleansed; na abhyasyamānāḥ — not being studied; śrutayaḥ — the scriptures; dvijaiḥ — by the brāhmaṇas; ca — and; āhatāḥ — corrupted.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

During the rainy season the roads, not being cleansed, became covered with grass and debris and were thus difficult to make out. These roads were like religious scriptures that brāhmaṇas no longer study and that thus become corrupted and covered over with the passage of time.

SB 10.20.15 - SB 10.20.17