bhuñjate kurubhir dattaṁ
bhū-khaṇḍaṁ vṛṣṇayaḥ kila
upānahaḥ kila vayaṁ
svayaṁ tu kuravaḥ śiraḥ

 bhuñjate - they enjoy; kurubhiḥ - by the Kurus; dattam - granted; bhū - of land; khaṇḍam - a limited parcel; vṛṣṇayaḥ - the Vṛṣṇis; kila - indeed; upānahaḥ - shoes; kila - indeed; vayam - we; svayam - themselves; tu - however; kuravaḥ - the Kurus; śiraḥ - the head.


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“We Vṛṣṇis enjoy only whatever small parcel of land the Kurus allow us? And we are indeed shoes, whereas the Kurus are the head?

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