SB 12.3.1

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Twelfth Canto, Chapter 3: The Bhūmi-gītā

SB 12.3.2

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 1

śrī-śuka uvāca
dṛṣṭvātmani jaye vyagrān
nṛpān hasati bhūr iyam
aho mā vijigīṣanti
mṛtyoḥ krīḍanakā nṛpāḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; dṛṣṭvā—observing; ātmani—of herself; jaye—in conquest; vyagrān—busily engaged; nṛpān—the kings; hasati—she laughs; bhūḥ—the earth; iyam—this; aho—ah; mā—me; vijigīṣanti—they are desiring to conquer; mṛtyoḥ—of death; krīḍanakāḥ—playthings; nṛpāḥ—the kings.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Seeing the kings of this earth busy trying to conquer her, the earth herself laughed. She said: "Just see how these kings, who are actually playthings in the hands of death, are desiring to conquer me.

SB 12.3.2