ब्रह्मशापोपसृष्टानां कृष्णमायावृतात्मनाम् । स्पर्धाक्रोध: क्षयं निन्ये वैणवोऽग्निर्यथा वनम् ॥ २४ ॥
brahma-śāpopasṛṣṭānāṁ kṛṣṇa-māyāvṛtātmanām spardhā-krodhaḥ kṣayaṁ ninye vaiṇavo ’gnir yathā vanam
- brahma-śāpa
- by the curse of the brāhmaṇas
- upasṛṣṭānām
- who were overtaken
- kṛṣṇa-māyā
- by the illusory energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa
- āvṛta
- covered
- ātmanām
- of those whose minds
- spardhā
- arising from rivalry
- krodhaḥ
- the anger
- kṣayam
- to destruction
- ninye
- led
- vaiṇavaḥ
- of bamboo trees
- agniḥ
- a fire
- yathā
- as
- vanam
- the forest
The violent anger of these warriors, who were overcome by the brāhmaṇas’ curse and bewildered by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s illusory potency, now led them to their annihilation, just as a fire that starts in a bamboo grove destroys the entire forest.