### SB 4.17.17

> लोके नाविन्दत त्राणं वैन्यान्मृत्योरिव प्रजाः ।\
> त्रस्ता तदा निववृते हृदयेन विदूयता ॥१७॥

> loke nāvindata trāṇaṁ\
> vainyān mṛtyor iva prajāḥ\
> trastā tadā nivavṛte\
> hṛdayena vidūyatā

*loke*—within the three worlds; *na*—not; *avindata*—could obtain; *trāṇam*—release; *vainyāt*—from the hand of the son of King Vena; *mṛtyoḥ*—from death; *iva*—like; *prajāḥ*—men; *trastā*—being very much afraid; *tadā*—at that time; *nivavṛte*—turned back; *hṛdayena*—within her heart; *vidūyatā*—very much aggrieved.

**Just as a man cannot escape the cruel hands of death, the cow-shaped earth could not escape the hands of the son of Vena. At length the earth, fearful, her heart aggrieved, turned back in helplessness.**