भूमिर्दृप्तनृपव्याजदैत्यानीकशतायुतै: । आक्रान्ता भूरिभारेण ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययौ ॥ १७ ॥
bhūmir dṛpta-nṛpa-vyāja- daityānīka-śatāyutaiḥ ākrāntā bhūri-bhāreṇa brahmāṇaṁ śaraṇaṁ yayau
- bhūmiḥ
- mother earth
- dṛpta
- puffed up
- nṛpa-vyāja
- posing as kings, or the supreme power personified in the state
- daitya
- of demons
- anīka
- of military phalanxes of soldiers
- śata-ayutaiḥ
- unlimitedly, by many hundreds of thousands
- ākrāntā
- being overburdened
- bhūri-bhāreṇa
- by a burden of unnecessary fighting power
- brahmāṇam
- unto Lord Brahmā
- śaraṇam
- to take shelter
- yayau
- went
Once when mother earth was overburdened by hundreds of thousands of military phalanxes of various conceited demons dressed like kings, she approached Lord Brahmā for relief.