SB 3.14.3

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Third Canto, Chapter 14: Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening

SB 3.14.2

SB 3.14.4

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 3

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?