SB 4.17.17

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Fourth Canto, Chapter 17: Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth

SB 4.17.16

SB 4.17.18

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 17

loke nāvindata trāṇaṁ
vainyān mṛtyor iva prajāḥ
trastā tadā nivavṛte
hṛdayena vidūyatā

SYNONYMS

loke—within the three worlds; na—not; avindata—could obtain; trāṇam—release; vainyāt—from the hand of the son of King Vena; mṛtyoḥ—from death; iva—like; prajāḥ—men; trastā—being very much afraid; tadā—at that time; nivavṛte—turned back; hṛdayena—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.

SB 4.17.16

SB 4.17.18