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ŚB 3.14.3

Devanagari

तस्य चोद्धरत: क्षौणीं स्वदंष्ट्राग्रेण लीलया ।
दैत्यराजस्य च ब्रह्मन् कस्माद्धेतोरभून्मृध: ॥ ३ ॥

Text

tasya coddharataḥ kṣauṇīṁ
sva-daṁṣṭrāgreṇa līlayā
daitya-rājasya ca brahman
kasmād dhetor abhūn mṛdhaḥ

Synonyms

tasya — His; ca — also; uddharataḥ — while lifting; kṣauṇīm — the earth planet; sva-daṁṣṭra-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?