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| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 17: Mahārāja Prithu Becomes Angry at the Earth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.17
SYNONYMS
loke — within the three worlds; na — not; avindata — could obtain; trānam — release; vainyāt — from the hand of the son of King Vena; mrityoh — from death; iva — like; prajāh — men; trastā — being very much afraid; tadā — at that time; nivavrite — turned back; hridayena — within her heart; vidūyatā — very much aggrieved.
TRANSLATION
Just as a man cannot escape the cruel hands of death, the cow-shaped earth could not escape the hands of the son of Vena. At length the earth, fearful, her heart aggrieved, turned back in helplessness.
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