श्री शुक उवाच: दृष्ट्वात्मनि जये व्यग्रान् नृपान् हसति भूरियम् । अहो मा विजिगीषन्ति मृत्यो: क्रीडनका नृपा: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca dṛṣṭvātmani jaye vyagrān nṛpān hasati bhūr iyam aho mā vijigīṣanti mṛtyoḥ krīḍanakā nṛpāḥ
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- dṛṣṭvā
- observing
- ātmani
- of herself
- jaye
- in conquest
- vyagrān
- busily engaged
- nṛpān
- the kings
- hasati
- she laughs
- bhūḥ
- the earth
- iyam
- this
- aho
- ah
- mā
- me
- vijigīṣanti
- they are desiring to conquer
- mṛtyoḥ
- of death
- krīḍanakāḥ
- playthings
- nṛpāḥ
- the kings
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Seeing the kings of this earth busy trying to conquer her, the earth herself laughed. She said: “Just see how these kings, who are actually playthings in the hands of death, are desiring to conquer me.