क्षतास्रवघ्राणविवृद्धमन्य्वोः ।
विचित्रमार्गांश्चरतोर्जिगीषया
व्यभादिलायामिव शुष्मिणोर्मृधः ॥१९॥
tayoḥ spá¹›dhos tigma-gadÄhatÄá¹…gayoḥ
ká¹£atÄsrava-ghrÄṇa-vivá¹›ddha-manyvoḥ
vicitra-mÄrgÄmÅ› carator jigÄ«á¹£ayÄ
vyabhÄd ilÄyÄm iva Å›uá¹£miṇor má¹›dhaḥ
tayoḥ - them; spá¹›dhoḥ - the two combatants; tigma - pointed; gadÄ - by the maces; Ähata - injured; aá¹…gayoḥ - their bodies; ká¹£ata-Äsrava - blood coming out from the injuries; ghrÄṇa - smell; vivá¹›ddha - increased; manyvoḥ - anger; vicitra - of various kinds; mÄrgÄn - maneuvers; caratoḥ - performing; jigÄ«á¹£ayÄ - with a desire to win; vyabhÄt - it looked like; ilÄyÄm - for the sake of a cow (or the earth); iva - like; Å›uá¹£miṇoḥ - of two bulls; má¹›dhaḥ - 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 ilÄ. This earth was formerly known as IlÄvá¹›ta-vará¹£a, and when MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it ruled the earth it was called BhÄrata-vará¹£a. Actually, BhÄrata-vará¹£a is the name for the entire planet, but gradually BhÄrata-vará¹£a has come to mean India. As India has recently been divided into Pakistan and Hindustan, similarly the earth was formerly called IlÄvá¹›ta-vará¹£a, but gradually as time passed it was divided by national boundaries.
