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ŚB 4.14.30

Devanagari

इति तेऽसत्कृतास्तेन द्विजा: पण्डितमानिना ।
भग्नायां भव्ययाच्ञायां तस्मै विदुर चुक्रुधु: ॥ ३० ॥

Text

iti te ’sat-kṛtās tena
dvijāḥ paṇḍita-māninā
bhagnāyāṁ bhavya-yācñāyāṁ
tasmai vidura cukrudhuḥ

Synonyms

iti — thus; te — all the great sages; asat-kṛtāḥ — being insulted; tena — by the King; dvijāḥ — the brāhmaṇas; paṇḍita-māninā — thinking himself to be very learned; bhagnāyām — being broken; bhavya — auspicious; yācñāyām — their request; tasmai — at him; vidura — O Vidura; cukrudhuḥ — became very angry.

Translation

My dear Vidura, all good fortune unto you. The foolish King, who thought himself very learned, thus insulted the great sages, and the sages, being brokenhearted by the King’s words, became very angry at him.