Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.18.19

tayoh spridhos tigma-gadahatangayoh

kshatasrava-ghrana-vivriddha-manyvoh

vicitra-margams carator jigishaya

vyabhad ilayam iva sushminor mridhah

SYNONYMS

tayoh -- them; spridhoh -- the two combatants; tigma -- pointed; gada -- by the maces; ahata -- injured; angayoh -- their bodies; kshata-asrava -- blood coming out from the injuries; ghrana -- smell; vivriddha -- increased; manyvoh -- anger; vicitra -- of various kinds; margan -- maneuvers; caratoh -- performing; jigishaya -- with a desire to win; vyabhat -- it looked like; ilayam -- for the sake of a cow (or the earth); iva -- like; sushminoh -- of two bulls; mridhah -- an encounter.

TRANSLATION

There was keen rivalry between the two combatants; both had sustained injuries on their bodies from the blows of each other's pointed maces, and each grew more and more enraged at the smell of blood on his person. In their eagerness to win, they performed maneuvers of various kinds, and their contest looked like an encounter between two forceful bulls for the sake of a cow.

PURPORT

Here the earth planet is called ila. This earth was formerly known as Ilavrita-varsha, and when Maharaja Parikshit ruled the earth it was called Bharata-varsha. Actually, Bharata-varsha is the name for the entire planet, but gradually Bharata-varsha has come to mean India. As India has recently been divided into Pakistan and Hindustan, similarly the earth was formerly called Ilavrita-varsha, but gradually as time passed it was divided by national boundaries.

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