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716 Srimad Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 18
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.
PURPORT
Here the earth planet is called ia. This earth was formerly known as
llaveta-varga, and when Maharaja Pariksit ruled the earth it was called
Bharata-varga. Actually Bharata-varga is the name for the entire planet, but
gradually Bharata-varga has come to mean India. As India has recently
been divided into Pakistan and Hindustan, similarly the earth was formerly
called Tlavrta-vargsa, but gradually as time passed it was divided by national
boundaries.
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dailyasya yajidvayavasya maya-
grhita-vardha-lanor mahatmanah
kauravya mahyari dvisator vimardanam
didrksur agad rsibhir vrtah svaral
daityasya—of the demon; yajfia-avayavasya—of the Personality of God-
head (of whose body yajfia is a part); m@yd—through His potency; grhita—
was assumed; vardha—of a boar; lanoh—whose form; mahdtmanah—of the
Supreme Lord; kauravya—O Vidura (descendant of Kuru); mahyam—for the
sake of the world; dvisatoh—of the two enemies; vimardanam—the fight;
didrksuh—desirous to see; dgal—came; rsibhih—by the sages; urtah—
accompanied, svarat—Brahma.
TRANSLATION
O descendant of Kuru, Brahma, the most independent demigod of the
universe, accompanied by his followers, came to see the terrible fight for
