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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.35
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 35
- teṣām itīritam ubhāv avadhārya ghoraṁ
- taṁ brahma-daṇḍam anivāraṇam astra-pūgaiḥ
- sadyo harer anucarāv uru bibhyatas tat-
- pāda-grahāv apatatām atikātareṇa
teṣāmof the four Kumāras — of the four Kumāras; itithus — thus; īritamuttered — uttered; ubhauboth doorkeepers — both doorkeepers; avadhāryaunderstanding — understanding; ghoramterrible — terrible; tamthat — that; brahmacurse of a brāhmaṇa-daṇḍamcurse of a brāhmaṇa — curse of a brāhmaṇa; anivāraṇamnot able to be counteracted — not able to be counteracted; astraby any kind of weapon-pūgaiḥby any kind of weapon — by any kind of weapon; sadyaḥat once — at once; hareḥof the Supreme Lord — of the Supreme Lord; anucaraudevotees — devotees; uruvery much — very much; bibhyataḥbecame fearful — became fearful; tatgrasping their feet-pādagrasping their feet-grahaugrasping their feet — grasping their feet; apatatāmfell down — fell down; atiin great anxiety-kātareṇain great anxiety — in great anxiety.
When the doormen of Vaikuṇṭhaloka, who were certainly devotees of the Lord, found that they were going to be cursed by the brāhmaṇas, they at once became very much afraid and fell down at the feet of the brāhmaṇas in great anxiety, for a brāhmaṇa's curse cannot be counteracted by any kind of weapon.
Although, by chance, the doormen committed a mistake by checking the brāhmaṇas from entering the gate of Vaikuṇṭha, they were at once aware of the gravity of the curse. There are many kinds of offenses, but the greatest offense is to offend a devotee of the Lord. Because the doormen were also devotees of the Lord, they were able to understand their mistake and were terrified when the four Kumāras were ready to curse them.