भूमिस्तुरीयं जग्राह खातपूरवरेण वै । ईरिणं ब्रह्महत्याया रूपं भूमौ प्रदृश्यते ॥ ७ ॥
bhumis turiyam jagraha khata-pura-varena vai irinam brahma-hatyaya rupam bhumau pradrsyate
- bhumih
- the earth
- turiyam
- one fourth
- jagraha
- accepted
- khata-pura
- of the filling of holes
- varena
- because of the benediction
- vai
- indeed
- irinam
- the deserts
- brahma-hatyayah
- of the reaction for killing a brahmana
- rupam
- form
- bhumau
- on the earth
- pradrsyate
- is visible.
In return for King Indra’s benediction that ditches in the earth would be filled automatically, the land accepted one fourth of the sinful reactions for killing a brahmana. Because of those sinful reactions, we find many deserts on the surface of the earth.