Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

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; līlayāin His pastimes; daitya-rājasya — of the king of demons; ca — and; brahmanO 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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