SB 11.30.24
Devanāgarī
ब्रह्मशापोपसृष्टानां कृष्णमायावृतात्मनाम् । स्पर्धाक्रोध: क्षयं निन्ये वैणवोऽग्निर्यथा वनम् ॥ २४ ॥
Text
brahma-śāpopasṛṣṭānāṁ kṛṣṇa-māyāvṛtātmanām spardhā-krodhaḥ kṣayaṁ ninye vaiṇavo ’gnir yathā vanam
Synonyms
brahma-śāpa—by the curse of thebrāhmaṇas;upasṛṣṭānām—who were overtaken;kṛṣṇa-māyā—by the illusory energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa;āvṛta—covered;ātmanām—of those whose minds;spardhā—arising from rivalry;krodhaḥ—the anger;kṣayam—to destruction;ninye—led;vaiṇavaḥ—of bamboo trees;agniḥ—a fire;yathā—as;vanam—the forest.
Translation
The violent anger of these warriors, who were overcome by the brāhmaṇas’ curse and bewildered by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency, now led them to their annihilation, just as a fire that starts in a bamboo grove destroys the entire forest.