तस्य चोद्धरत: क्षौणीं स्वदंष्ट्राग्रेण लीलया । दैत्यराजस्य च ब्रह्मन् कस्माद्धेतोरभून्मृध: ॥ ३ ॥
tasya coddharatah ksaunim sva-damstragrena lilaya daitya-rajasya ca brahman kasmad dhetor abhun mrdhah
- tasya
- His
- ca
- also
- uddharatah
- while lifting
- ksaunim
- the earth plane
- sva-damstra-agrena
- by the edge of His tusks
- lilaya
- in His pastimes
- daitya-rajasya
- of the king of demons
- ca
- and
- brahman
- O brahmana
- kasmat
- from what
- hetoh
- reason
- abhut
- there was
- mrdhah
- fight.
What was the reason, O brahmana, for the fight between the demon king and Lord Boar while the Lord was lifting the earth as His pastime?