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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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अपामुपस्थे मयि नाव्यवस्थिताः प्रजा भवानद्य रिरक्षिषुः किल । स वीरमूर्तिः समभूद्धराधरो यो मां पयस्युग्रशरो जिघांससि ॥३५॥
apām upasthe mayi nāvy avasthitāḥ prajā bhavān adya rirakṣiṣuḥ kila sa vīra-mūrtiḥ samabhūd dharā-dharo yo māṁ payasy ugra-śaro jighāṁsasi
WORD BY WORD
apām of the water; upasthe situated on the surface; mayi in me; nāvi in a boat; avasthitāḥ standing; prajāḥ living entities; bhavān Yourself; adya now; rirakṣiṣuḥ desiring to protect; kila indeed; saḥ He; vīra-mūrtiḥ in the form of a great hero; samabhūt became; dharā-dharaḥ the protector of the planet earth; yaḥ one who; mām me; payasi for the sake of milk; ugra-śaraḥ with sharpened arrows; jighāṁsasi You desire to kill.;
TRANSLATION
| My dear Lord, in this way You once protected me by rescuing me from the water, and consequently Your name has been famous as Dharādhara — He who holds the planet earth. Yet at the present moment, in the form of a great hero, You are about to kill me with sharpened arrows. I am, however, just like a boat on the water, keeping everything afloat.
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PURPORT
| The Lord is known as Dharādhara, meaning “He who keeps the planet earth on His tusks as the boar incarnation.” Thus the planet earth in the shape of a cow is accounting the contradictory acts of the Lord. Although He once saved the earth, He now wants to upset the earth, which is like a boat on water. No one can understand the activities of the Lord. Due to a poor fund of knowledge, human beings sometimes think the Lord’s activities contradictory.
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