Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.68.38

bhuñjate kurubhir dattaḿ

bhū-khaṇḍaḿ vṛṣṇayaḥ kila

upānahaḥ kila vayaḿ

svayaḿ tu kuravaḥ śiraḥ

SYNONYMS

bhuñjate — they enjoy; kurubhiḥ — by the Kurus; dattam — granted; bhū — of land; khaṇḍam — a limited parcel; vṛṣṇayaḥ — the Vṛṣṇis; kila — indeed; upānahaḥ — shoes; kila — indeed; vayam — we; svayam — themselves; tu — however; kuravaḥ — the Kurus; śiraḥ — the head.

TRANSLATION

"We Vṛṣṇis enjoy only whatever small parcel of land the Kurus allow us? And we are indeed shoes, whereas the Kurus are the head?

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