SB 1.17.12

कोऽवृश्चत्तव पादांस्त्रीन्सौरभेय चतुष्पद ।
मा भूवंस्त्वादृशा राष्ट्रे राज्ञां कृष्णानुवर्तिनाम् ॥ १२ ॥
ko’vṛścat tava pādāṁs trīn saurabheya catuṣ-pada
mā bhūvaṁs tvādṛśā rāṣṭre rājñāṁ kṛṣṇānuvartinām

Synonyms

[The king then addressed the bull, who was still aggrieved (punar api śocantaṁ vṛṣabhaṁ praty āha).62]; saurabheya — O son of Surabhi; catuḥ-pada — [since] you are a quadruped; kaḥ — who; avṛścat — has cut off [ciccheda]; tava — your; trīn — [other] three; pādān — legs; mā bhūvan — may it never come to pass; rāṣṭre — in the kingdom; rājñām — ruled by kings; kṛṣṇa-anuvartinām — who are devoted to Kṛṣṇa; tvādṛśāḥ — [that] others should have to suffer as you [tvad-vidhā duḥkhitāḥ].

Translation

O son of Surabhi, since you are a quadruped, who has cut off your other three legs? May it never come to pass in the kingdom ruled by kings who are devoted to Kṛṣṇa that others should have to suffer as you.

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