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SB 10.34.14

Devanāgarī

शापो मेऽनुग्रहायैव कृतस्तै: करुणात्मभि: । यदहं लोकगुरुणा पदा स्पृष्टो हताशुभ: ॥ १४ ॥

Text

śāpo me ’nugrahāyaiva kṛtas taiḥ karuṇātmabhiḥ yad ahaṁ loka-guruṇā padā spṛṣṭo hatāśubhaḥ

Synonyms

śāpaḥ—the curse;me—my;anugrahāya—for the benediction;eva—certainly;kṛtaḥ—created;taiḥ—by them;karuṇa-ātmabhiḥ—who are merciful by nature;yat—since;aham—I;loka—of all the worlds;guruṇā—by the spiritual master;padā—with His foot;spṛṣṭaḥ—touched;hata—destroyed;aśubhaḥ—all inauspiciousness.

Translation

It was actually for my benefit that those merciful sages cursed me, since now I have been touched by the foot of the supreme spiritual master of all the worlds and have thus been relieved of all inauspiciousness.

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