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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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य एतदादावसृजच्चराचरं स्वमाययात्माश्रययावितर्क्यया । तयैव सोऽयं किल गोप्तुमुद्यतः कथं नु मां धर्मपरो जिघांसति ॥३१॥
ya etad ādāv asṛjac carācaraṁ sva-māyayātmāśrayayāvitarkyayā tayaiva so ’yaṁ kila goptum udyataḥ kathaṁ nu māṁ dharma-paro jighāṁsati
WORD BY WORD
yaḥ one who; etat these; ādau in the beginning of creation; asṛjat created; cara-acaram moving and nonmoving living entities; sva-māyayā by His own potency; ātma-āśrayayā sheltered under His own protection; avitarkyayā inconceivable; tayā by that same māyā; eva certainly; saḥ he; ayam this King; kila certainly; goptum udyataḥ prepared to give protection; katham how; nu then; mām me; dharma-paraḥ one who is strictly following religious principles; jighāṁsati desires to kill.;
TRANSLATION
| In the beginning of creation You created all these moving and nonmoving living entities by Your inconceivable energy. Through this very same energy You are now prepared to protect the living entities. Indeed, You are the supreme protector of religious principles. Why are You so anxious to kill me, even though I am in the form of a cow?
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PURPORT
| The planet earth argues that there is no doubt that one who creates can also annihilate by his sweet will. The planet earth questions why she should be killed when the Lord is prepared to give protection to everyone. After all, it is the earth that is the resting place for all other living entities, and it is the earth that produces grains for them.
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