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ŚB 3.16.30

Devanagari

एतत्पुरैव निर्दिष्टं रमया क्रुद्धया यदा ।
पुरापवारिता द्वारि विशन्ती मय्युपारते ॥ ३० ॥

Text

etat puraiva nirdiṣṭaṁ
ramayā kruddhayā yadā
purāpavāritā dvāri
viśantī mayy upārate

Synonyms

etat — this departure; purā — formerly; eva — certainly; nirdiṣṭam — foretold; ramayā — by Lakṣmī; kruddhayā — furious; yadā — when; purā — previously; apavāritā — prevented; dvāri — at the gate; viśantī — entering; mayi — as I; upārate — was resting.

Translation

This departure from Vaikuṇṭha was foretold by Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. She was very angry because when she left My abode and then returned, you stopped her at the gate while I was sleeping.