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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.2.33
varshatīndre vrajah kopād
bhagnamāne 'tivihvalah
gotra-līlātapatrena
trāto bhadrānugrihnatā
SYNONYMS
varshati — in pouring water; indre — by the King of heaven, Indra; vrajah — the land of cows (Vrindāvana); kopāt bhagnamāne — having been in anger on being insulted; ati — highly; vihvalah — perturbed; gotra — the hill for the cows; līlā-ātapatrena — by the pastime umbrella; trātah — were protected; bhadra — O sober one; anugrihnatā — by the merciful Lord.
TRANSLATION
O sober Vidura, King Indra, his honor having been insulted, poured water incessantly on Vrindāvana, and thus the inhabitants of Vraja, the land of cows, were greatly distressed. But the compassionate Lord Krishna saved them from danger with His pastime umbrella, the Govardhana Hill.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness