tvaṁ vā mṛṇāla-dhavalaḥ pādair nyūnaḥ padā caran vṛṣa-rūpeṇa kiṁ kaścid devo naḥ parikhedayan
Synonyms
tvam—yourself; vā—either; mṛṇāla-dhavalaḥ—as white as the lotus; pādaiḥ—by three legs; nyūnaḥ—being devoid of; padā—by one leg; caran—moving; vṛṣa—bull; rūpeṇa—in the form of; kim—whether; kaścit—somebody; devaḥ—demigod; naḥ—our; parikhedayan—berieving.
Translation
Thereafter he asked the bull, 'Oh ! who are you either the bull as white as the white lotus or a demigod ? You have lost your three legs and are moving on one only. If you are some demigod and causing us berievement in such form of a bull ?'
Purport
At least up to the time of Maharaj Parikshit no body could imagine such wretched conditions of the cow and the bull. Maharaj Parikshit was, therefore, astonished to visualise such awakward scene. He enquired therefore, whether the bull was not some demigod assumed such wretched condition indicating the future of the cow and the bull.