भुञ्जते कुरुभिर्दत्तं भूखण्डं वृष्णय: किल । उपानह: किल वयं स्वयं तु कुरव: शिर: ॥ ३८ ॥
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
“We Vṛṣṇis enjoy only whatever small parcel of land the Kurus allow us? And we are indeed shoes, whereas the Kurus are the head?