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hierarchy: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
hierarchy: Canto 4: The Creation of the Fourth Order
hierarchy: CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth Text 1: The great sage Maitreya continued: In this way the reciters who …
ŚB 4.17.1
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; evam — thus; saḥ — he; bhagavān — the Personality …
ŚB 4.17.2
brāhmaṇa-pramukhān — unto the leaders of the brāhmaṇa community; varṇān — to the other castes; bhṛtya — servants; amātya — …
ŚB 4.17.3
viduraḥ uvāca — Vidura inquired; kasmāt — why; dadhāra — took; go-rūpam — the shape of a cow; dharitrī — …
ŚB 4.17.4
prakṛtyā — by nature; viṣamā — not level; devī — the earth; kṛtā — was made; tena — by him; …
ŚB 4.17.5
sanat-kumārāt — from Sanat-kumāra; bhagavataḥ — the most powerful; brahman — my dear brāhmaṇa; brahma-vit-uttamāt — well versed in the …
ŚB 4.17.6-7
yat — which; ca — and; anyat — other; api — certainly; kṛṣṇasya — of Kṛṣṇa; bhavān — your good …
ŚB 4.17.8
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; coditaḥ — inspired; vidureṇa — by Vidura; evam — thus; vāsudeva — of Lord …
ŚB 4.17.9
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya said; yadā — when; abhiṣiktaḥ — was enthroned; pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu; aṅga …
ŚB 4.17.10-11
vayam — we; rājan — O King; jāṭhareṇa — by the fire of hunger; abhitaptāḥ — very much aggrieved; yathā …
ŚB 4.17.12
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great saint Maitreya said; pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu; prajānām — of the citizens; karuṇam — pitiable …
ŚB 4.17.13
iti — thus; vyavasitaḥ — having arrived at the conclusion; buddhyā — by intelligence; pragṛhīta — having taken up; śarāsanaḥ …