SB 1.18.29

अभूतपूर्वः सहसा क्षुत्तृड्भ्यामर्दितात्मनः ।
ब्राह्मणं प्रत्यभूद्ब्रह्मन्मत्सरो मन्युरेव च ॥ २९ ॥
abhūta-pūrvaḥ sahasā kṣut-tṛḍbhyām arditātmanaḥ
brāhmaṇaṁ praty abhūd brahman matsaro manyur eva ca

Synonyms

brahman — O brāhmaṇa; [unto the king (rājñaḥ)250]; ardita-ātmanaḥ — whose body was afflicted [(arditaḥ pīḍita ātmā śarīraṁ yasya tasya); or whose mental-emotional body was afflicted (pīḍita ātmā’ntaḥkaraṇam)251]; kṣut-tṛḍbhyām — by hunger and thirst; matsaraḥ — envy [intolerance of the sage’s preeminence (tad-utkarṣāsahanam);252 or the malicious intent to discredit him (droho’pacikīrṣa)]; ca eva — as well as; manyuḥ — anger [(krodhaḥ) or indignation (amarṣaḥ)]; sahasā — suddenly [(sadya eva);253 unexpectedly or at once (jhaṭiti)254]; abhūt — arose [babhūva]; prati — toward; brāhmaṇam — the brāhmaṇa [sage (munim)]; abhūta-pūrvaḥ — feelings that had never been experienced by him before [itaḥ pūrvaṁ kadāpi notpannaḥ255].

Translation

O brāhmaṇa, unto the king, whose body was afflicted by hunger and thirst, envy as well as anger suddenly arose toward the brāhmaṇa sage—feelings that had never been experienced by him before.

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