प्रवेपमाना धरणी निशाम्योदायुधं च तम् । गौ: सत्यपाद्रवद्भीता मृगीव मृगयुद्रुता ॥ १४ ॥
pravepamana dharani nisamyodayudham ca tam gauh saty apadravad bhita mrgiva mrgayu-druta
- pravepamana
- trembling
- dharani
- the earth
- nisamya
- seeing
- udayudham
- having taken his bow and arrow
- ca
- also
- tam
- the King
- gauh
- a cow
- sati
- becoming
- apadravat
- began to flee
- bhita
- very much afraid
- mrgi iva
- like a deer
- mrgayu
- by a hunter
- druta
- being followed.
When the earth saw that King Prthu was taking his bow and arrow to kill her, she became very much afraid and began to tremble. She then began to flee, exactly like a deer, which runs very swiftly when followed by a hunter. Being afraid of King Prthu, she took the shape of a cow and began to run.