तिरस्कृता विप्रलब्धा: शप्ता: क्षिप्ता हता अपि । नास्य तत् प्रतिकुर्वन्ति तद्भक्ता: प्रभवोऽपि हि ॥ ४८ ॥
tiraskrta vipralabdhah saptah ksipta hata api nasya tat pratikurvanti tad-bhaktah prabhavo ’pi hi
- tirah-krtah
- being defamed
- vipralabdhah
- being cheated
- saptah
- being cursed
- ksiptah
- disturbed by negligence
- hatah
- or even being killed
- api
- also
- na
- never
- asya
- for all these acts
- tat
- them
- pratikurvanti
- counteract
- tat
- the Lord’s
- bhaktah
- devotees
- prabhavah
- powerful
- api
- although
- hi
- certainly.
The devotees of the Lord are so forbearing that even though they are defamed, cheated, cursed, disturbed, neglected or even killed, they are never inclined to avenge themselves.