सूत उवाच तत्र गोमिथुनं राजा हन्यमानमनाथवत् । दण्डहस्तं च वृषलं ददृशे नृपलाञ्छनम् ॥ १ ॥
suta uvaca tatra go-mithunam raja hanyamanam anathavat danda-hastam ca vrsalam dadrse nrpa-lanchanam
- sutah uvaca
- Sri Suta Gosvami said
- tatra
- thereupon
- go-mithunam
- a cow and a bull
- raja
- the King
- hanyamanam
- being beaten
- anatha-vat
- appearing to be bereft of their owner
- danda-hastam
- with a club in hand
- ca
- also
- vrsalam
- lower-caste sudra
- dadrse
- observed
- nrpa
- a king
- lanchanam
- dressed like.
Suta Gosvami said: After reaching that place, Maharaja Pariksit observed that a lower-caste sudra, dressed like a king, was beating a cow and a bull with a club, as if they had no owner.