### SB 3.14.3

> तस्य चोद्धरतः क्षौणीं स्वदंष्ट्राग्रेण लीलया ।\
> दैत्यराजस्य च ब्रह्मन्कस्माद्धेतोरभून्मृधः ॥३॥

> tasya coddharataḥ kṣauṇīṁ\
> sva-daṁṣṭrāgreṇa līlayā\
> daitya-rājasya ca brahman\
> kasmād dhetor abhūn mṛdhaḥ

*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.

**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?**