Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 3: The Bhūmi-gītā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.3.6

yāḿ visṛjyaiva manavas

tat-sutāś ca kurūdvaha

gatā yathāgataḿ yuddhe

tāḿ māḿ jeṣyanty abuddhayaḥ

SYNONYMS

yām — whom; visṛjya — giving up; eva — indeed; manavaḥ — human beings; tat-sutāḥ — their sons; ca — also; kuru-udvahaO best of the Kurus; gatāḥ — gone away; yathā-āgatam — just as they had originally come; yuddhein battle; tām — that; māmme, the earth; jeṣyanti — they try to conquer; abuddhayaḥ — unintelligent.

TRANSLATION

O best of the Kurus, the earth continued as follows: "Although in the past great men and their descendants have left me, departing from this world in the same helpless way they came into it, even today foolish men are trying to conquer me.

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