Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 14: The Story of King Vena. Text 5

एवं मदान्ध उत्सिक्तो निरङ्कुश इव द्विपः ।
पर्यटन्रथमास्थाय कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥५॥

evaá¹ madÄndha utsikto
niraṅkuśa iva dvipaḥ
paryaá¹­an ratham ÄsthÄya
kampayann iva rodasī

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: TLKS(1)

 evam - thus; mada-andhaḥ - being blind with power; utsiktaḥ - proud; niraá¹…kuÅ›aḥ - uncontrolled; iva - like; dvipaḥ - an elephant; paryaá¹­an - traveling; ratham - a chariot; ÄsthÄya - having mounted; kampayan - causing to tremble; iva - indeed; rodasÄ« - the sky and earth.


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When he became overly blind due to his opulences, King Vena mounted a chariot and, like an uncontrolled elephant, began to travel through the kingdom, causing the sky and earth to tremble wherever he went.

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