Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind

Chapter 2: Ajamila Delivered by the Vishnudutas. Text 30

किमिदं स्वप्न आहो स्वित्साक्षाद् दृष्टमिहाद्भुतम् ।
क्व याता अद्य ते ये मां व्यकर्षन् पाशपाणयः ॥३०॥

kim idaá¹ svapna Äho svit
sÄká¹£Äd dṛṣṭam ihÄdbhutam
kva yÄtÄ adya te ye mÄá¹
vyakará¹£an pÄÅ›a-pÄṇayaḥ

 kim - whether; idam - this; svapne - in a dream; Äho svit - or; sÄká¹£Ät - directly; dṛṣṭam - seen; iha - here; adbhutam - wonderful; kva - where; yÄtÄḥ - have gone; adya - now; te - all of them; ye - who; mÄm - me; vyakará¹£an - were dragging; pÄÅ›a-pÄṇayaḥ - with ropes in their hands.


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Was this a dream I saw, or was it reality? I saw fearsome men with ropes in their hands coming to arrest me and drag me away. Where have they gone?

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