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  "name":"SB 4.14.5",
  "h1":"SB 4.14.5",
  "label":"Text 5",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.14.5",
  "description":"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."

} —

SB 4.14.5

एवं मदान्ध उत्सिक्तो निरङ्कुश इव द्विपः ।
पर्यटन्रथमास्थाय कम्पयन्निव रोदसी ॥५॥

Text

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.