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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.7
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 7
- tvaṁ vā mṛṇāla-dhavalaḥ
- pādair nyūnaḥ padā caran
- vṛṣa-rūpeṇa kiṁ kaścid
- devo naḥ parikhedayan
tvamyou — you; vāeither — either; mṛṇālaas white as a lotus-dhavalaḥas white as a lotus — as white as a lotus; pādaiḥof three legs — of three legs; nyūnaḥbeing deprived — being deprived; padāon one leg — on one leg; caranmoving — moving; vṛṣabull — bull; rūpeṇain the form of — in the form of; kimwhether — whether; kaścitsomeone — someone; devaḥdemigod — demigod; naḥus — us; parikhedayancausing grief — causing grief.
Then he [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] asked the bull: Oh, who are you? Are you a bull as white as a white lotus, or are you a demigod? You have lost three of your legs and are moving on only one. Are you some demigod causing us grief in the form of a bull?
At least up to the time of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, no one could imagine the wretched conditions of the cow and the bull. Mahārāja Parīkṣit, therefore, was astonished to see such a horrible scene. He inquired whether the bull was not a demigod assuming such a wretched condition to indicate the future of the cow and the bull.