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Chapter 16: The Two Doorkeepers of Vaikuṇṭha, Jaya and Vijaya, Cursed by the Sages

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SB 3.16.30

एतत्पुरैव निर्दिष्टं रमया क्रुद्धया यदा पुरापवारिता द्वारि विशन्ती मय्युपारते

etat puraiva nirdiṣṭaṁ ramayā kruddhayā yadā purāpavāritā dvāri viśantī mayy upārate

Synonyms

etatthis departure; purāformerly; evacertainly; nirdiṣṭamforetold; ramayāby Lakṣmī; kruddhayāfurious; yadāwhen; purāpreviously; apavāritāprevented; dvāriat the gate; viśantīentering; mayias I; upāratewas 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.

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