श्रीराजोवाच ब्रह्मण्यानां वदान्यानां नित्यं वृद्धोपसेविनाम् । विप्रशाप: कथमभूद् वृष्णीनां कृष्णचेतसाम् ॥ ८ ॥
śrī-rājovāca brahmaṇyānāṁ vadānyānāṁ nityaṁ vṛddhopasevinām vipra-śāpaḥ katham abhūd vṛṣṇīnāṁ kṛṣṇa-cetasām
- śrī-rājā uvāca
- the King said
- brahmaṇyānām
- of them who were respectful to the brāhmaṇas
- vadānyānām
- charitable
- nityam
- always
- vṛddha-upasevinām
- engaged in serving elders
- vipra-śāpaḥ
- the brāhmaṇas’ curse
- katham
- how
- abhūt
- did it come about
- vṛṣṇīnām
- of the Vṛṣṇis
- kṛṣṇa-cetasām
- whose minds were totally absorbed in thought of Lord Kṛṣṇa
King Parīkṣit inquired: How could the brāhmaṇas curse the Vṛṣṇis, who were always respectful to the brāhmaṇas, charitable, and inclined to serve senior and exalted personalities and whose minds were always fully absorbed in thought of Lord Kṛṣṇa?