त्वं वा मृणालधवलः पादैर्न्यूनः पदा चरन् ।
वृषरूपेण किं कश्चिद् देवो नः परिखेदयन् ॥ ७ ॥
tvam-yourself; va-either; mrnala-dhavalah-as white as a lotus; padaih-of three legs; nyunah-being deprived; pada-on one leg; caran-moving; vrsa-bull; rupena-in the form of; kim-whether; kascit-someone; devah-demigod; nah-us; parikhedayan-causing grief.
Then he [Maharaja Pariksit] asked the bull: Oh, who are you? Are you a bull as white as a white lotus or demigod? You have lost your three legs and are only moving on one. Are you some demigod causing us grief in the form of a bull?
At least up to the time of Maharaja Pariksit, no one could imagine the wretched conditions of the cow and the bull. Maharaja Pariksit was, therefore, astonished to see such a horrible scene. He inquired, therefore, whether the bull was not a demigod assuming such a wretched condition to indicate the future of the cow and the bull.