SB 7.1.33

TEXT 33

TEXT

मातृस्वस्रेयो वश्चैद्यो दन्तवक्रश्च पाण्डव ।
पार्षदप्रवरौ विष्णोर् विप्रशापात्पदच्युतौ ॥ ३३ ॥

matr-svasreyo vas caidyo

dantavakras ca pandava

parsada-pravarau visnor

vipra-sapat pada-cyutau

matr-svasreyah-the son of the mother's sister (Sisupala); vah-your; caidyah-King Sisupala; dantavakrah-Dantavakra; ca-and; pandava-O Pandava; parsada-pravarau-two exalted attendants; visnoh-of Visnu; vipra-by brahmanas; sapat-because of a curse; pada-from their position in Vaikuntha; cyutau-fallen.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni continued: O best of the Pandavas, your two cousins Sisupala and Dantavakra, the sons of your maternal aunt, were formerly associates of Lord Visnu, but because they were cursed by brahmanas, they fell from Vaikuntha to this material world.

PURPORT

Sisupala and Dantavakra were not ordinary demons, but were formerly personal associates of Lord Visnu. They apparently fell to this material world, but actually they came to assist the Supreme Personality of Godhead by nourishing His pastimes within this world.