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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.3
tasya coddharataḥ kṣauṇīḿ
sva-daḿṣṭrāgreṇa līlayā
daitya-rājasya ca brahman
kasmād dhetor abhūn mṛdhaḥ
SYNONYMS
tasya — His; ca — also; uddharataḥ — while lifting; kṣauṇīm — the earth planet; sva-daḿṣṭra-agreṇa — by the edge of His tusks; līlayā — in His pastimes; daitya-rājasya — of the king of demons; ca — and; brahman — O brāhmaṇa; kasmāt — from what; hetoḥ — reason; abhūt — there was; mṛdhaḥ — fight.
TRANSLATION
What was the reason, O brāhmaṇa, for the fight between the demon king and Lord Boar while the Lord was lifting the earth as His pastime?
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