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ŚB 10.83.31

Devanagari

एवं वृते भगवति मयेशे नृपयूथपा: ।
न सेहिरे याज्ञसेनि स्पर्धन्तो हृच्छयातुरा: ॥ ३१ ॥

Text

evaṁ vṛte bhagavati
mayeśe nṛpa-yūthapāḥ
na sehire yājñaseni
spardhanto hṛc-chayāturāḥ

Synonyms

evam — thus; vṛte — being chosen; bhagavati — the Personality of Godhead; mayā — by me; īśe — the Lord; nṛpa — of kings; yūtha-pāḥ — the leaders; na sehire — could not tolerate it; yājñaseni — O Draupadī; spardhantaḥ — becoming quarrelsome; hṛt-śaya — by lust; āturāḥ — distressed.

Translation

The leading kings there could not tolerate my having chosen the Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Draupadī. Burning with lust, they became quarrelsome.

Purport

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī comments that the contamination of lust led the kings to quarrel foolishly with the Lord even after seeing His supreme power.