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Texts 22-23

rājaṁs tvayānupṛṣṭānāṁ
suhṛdāṁ naḥ suhṛt-pure
vipra-śāpa-vimūḍhānāṁ
nighnatāṁ muṣṭibhir mithaḥ

vāruṇīṁ madirāṁ pītvā
madonmathita-cetasām
ajānatām ivānyonyaṁ
catuḥ-pañcāvaśeṣitāḥ

rājan — O King; tvayā — by you; anupṛṣṭānām — as you inquired; suhṛdām — of friends and relatives; naḥ — our; suhṛt-pure — in the city of Dvārakā; vipra — the brāhmaṇas; śāpa — by the curse of; vimūḍhānām — of the befooled; nighnatām — of the killed; muṣṭibhiḥ — with bunches of sticks; mithaḥ — among themselves; vāruṇīm — fermented rice; madirām — wine; pītvā — having drunk; mada-unmathita — being intoxicated; cetasām — of that mental situation; ajānatām — of the unrecognized; iva — like; anyonyam — one another; catuḥ — four; pañca — five; avaśeṣitāḥ — now remaining.

O King, since you have asked me about our friends and relatives in the city of Dvārakā, I will inform you that all of them were cursed by the brāhmaṇas, and as a result they all became intoxicated with wine made of putrefied rice and fought among themselves with sticks, not even recognizing one another. Now all but four or five of them are dead and gone.

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