SB 10.20.16
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 16
- mārgā babhūvuḥ sandigdhās
- tṛṇaiś channā hy asaṁskṛtāḥ
- nābhyasyamānāḥ śrutayo
- dvijaiḥ kālena cāhatāḥ
SYNONYMS
mārgāḥ — the roads; babhūvuḥ — became; sandigdhāḥ — obscured; tṛṇaiḥ — by grass; channāḥ — covered over; hi — indeed; asaṁskṛtāḥ — not cleansed; na abhyasyamānāḥ — not being studied; śrutayaḥ — the scriptures; dvijaiḥ — by the brāhmaṇas; ca — and; āhatāḥ — corrupted.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
During the rainy season the roads, not being cleansed, became covered with grass and debris and were thus difficult to make out. These roads were like religious scriptures that brāhmaṇas no longer study and that thus become corrupted and covered over with the passage of time.