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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.18.19
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 19
- tayoḥ spṛdhos tigma-gadāhatāṅgayoḥ
- kṣatāsrava-ghrāṇa-vivṛddha-manyvoḥ
- vicitra-mārgāṁś carator jigīṣayā
- vyabhād ilāyām iva śuṣmiṇor mṛdhaḥ
tayoḥthem — them; spṛdhoḥthe two combatants — the two combatants; tigmapointed — pointed; gadāby the maces — by the maces; āhatainjured — injured; aṅgayoḥtheir bodies — their bodies; kṣatablood coming out from the injuries-āsravablood coming out from the injuries — blood coming out from the injuries; ghrāṇasmell — smell; vivṛddhaincreased — increased; manyvoḥanger — anger; vicitraof various kinds — of various kinds; mārgānmaneuvers — maneuvers; caratoḥperforming — performing; jigīṣayāwith a desire to win — with a desire to win; vyabhātit looked like — it looked like; ilāyāmfor the sake of a cow (or the earth) — for the sake of a cow (or the earth); ivalike — like; śuṣmiṇoḥof two bulls — of two bulls; mṛdhaḥan encounter — an encounter.
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.
Here the earth planet is called ilā. This earth was formerly known as Ilāvṛta-varṣa, and when Mahārāja Parīkṣit ruled the earth it was called Bhārata-varṣa. Actually, Bhārata-varṣa is the name for the entire planet, but gradually Bhārata-varṣa has come to mean India. As India has recently been divided into Pakistan and Hindustan, similarly the earth was formerly called Ilāvṛta-varṣa, but gradually as time passed it was divided by national boundaries.