SB 1.17.7

TEXT 7

TEXT

त्वं वा मृणालधवलः पादैर्न्यूनः पदा चरन् ।
वृषरूपेण किं कश्चिद् देवो नः परिखेदयन् ॥ ७ ॥

tvam va mrnala-dhavalah

padair nyunah pada caran

vrsa-rupena kim kascid

devo nah parikhedayan

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.

TRANSLATION

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?

PURPORT

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.