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SB 10.20.16

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 16

mārgā babhūvuḥ sandigdhās
tṛṇaiś channā hy asaṁskṛtāḥ
nābhyasyamānāḥ śrutayo
dvijaiḥ kālena cāhatāḥ


SYNONYMS

mārgāḥ — the roads; babhūvuḥ — became; sandigdhāḥ — obscured; tṛṇaiḥ — by grass; channāḥ — covered over; hi — indeed; asaṁskṛtāḥ — not cleansed; na abhyasyamānāḥ — not being studied; śrutayaḥ — the scriptures; dvijaiḥ — by the brāhmaṇas; ca — and; āhatāḥ — corrupted.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda


TRANSLATION

During the rainy season the roads, not being cleansed, became covered with grass and debris and were thus difficult to make out. These roads were like religious scriptures that brāhmaṇas no longer study and that thus become corrupted and covered over with the passage of time.



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