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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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तयोः स्पृधोस्तिग्मगदाहताङ्गयोः क्षतास्रवघ्राणविवृद्धमन्य्वोः विचित्रमार्गांश्चरतोर्जिगीषया व्यभादिलायामिव शुष्मिणोर्मृधः
tayoḥ spṛdhos tigma-gadāhatāṅgayoḥ kṣatāsrava-ghrāṇa-vivṛddha-manyvoḥ vicitra-mārgāṁś carator jigīṣayā vyabhād ilāyām iva śuṣmiṇor mṛdhaḥ
WORD BY WORD
tayoḥ them; spṛdhoḥ the two combatants; tigma pointed; gadā by the maces; āhata injured; aṅgayoḥ their bodies; kṣata-āsrava blood coming out from the injuries; ghrāṇa smell; vivṛddha increased; manyvoḥ anger; vicitra of various kinds; mārgān maneuvers; caratoḥ performing; jigīṣayā with a desire to win; vyabhāt it looked like; ilāyām for the sake of a cow (or the earth); iva like; śuṣmiṇoḥ of two bulls; mṛdhaḥ an encounter;
TRANSLATION
| There was keen rivalry between the two combatants; both had sustained injuries on their bodies from the blows of each other’s pointed maces, and each grew more and more enraged at the smell of blood on his person. In their eagerness to win, they performed maneuvers of various kinds, and their contest looked like an encounter between two forceful bulls for the sake of a cow.
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PURPORT
| Here the earth planet is called ilā. This earth was formerly known as Ilāvṛta-varṣa, and when Mahārāja Parīkṣit ruled the earth it was called Bhārata-varṣa. Actually, Bhārata-varṣa is the name for the entire planet, but gradually Bhārata-varṣa has come to mean India. As India has recently been divided into Pakistan and Hindustan, similarly the earth was formerly called Ilāvṛta-varṣa, but gradually as time passed it was divided by national boundaries.
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