Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 10


Sanskrit:

मीनान्सुदु:खितान्‍द‍ृष्ट्वा दीनान्मीनपतौ हते ।कृपया सौभरि: प्राह तत्रत्यक्षेममाचरन् ॥ १० ॥

ITRANS:

mīnān su-duḥkhitān dṛṣṭvādīnān mīna-patau hatekṛpayā saubhariḥ prāhatatratya-kṣemam ācaran

Translation:

Seeing how the unfortunate fish in that lake had become most unhappy at the death of their leader, Saubhari uttered the following curse under the impression that he was mercifully acting for the benefit of the lake’s residents.

Purport:

In this regard Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains that when our so-called compassion does not tally with the order of the Supreme Lord, it merely causes a disturbance. Because Saubhari had forbidden Garuḍa’s coming to that lake, Kāliya moved in and made his headquarters there, and this spelled doom for all the lake’s residents.