All Books | Shrimad Bhagavatam | Canto 4: The Creation of the Fourth Order | CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Story of King Vena

SB 4.14.5

एवं मदान्ध उत्सिक्तो निरङ्कुश इव द्विप: ।
पर्यटन् रथमास्थाय कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥ ५ ॥

evaṁ madāndha utsikto
niraṅkuśa iva dvipaḥ
paryaṭan ratham āsthāya
kampayann iva rodasī

Synonyms

evam — thus; mada-andhaḥ — being blind with power; utsiktaḥ — proud; niraṅkuśaḥ — uncontrolled; iva — like; dvipaḥ — an elephant; paryaṭan — traveling; ratham — a chariot; āsthāya — having mounted; kampayan — causing to tremble; iva — indeed; rodasī — the sky and earth.

Translation

When he became overly blind due to his opulences, King Vena mounted a chariot and, like an uncontrolled elephant, began to travel through the kingdom, causing the sky and earth to tremble wherever he went.

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