SB 1.17.13

आख्याहि वृष भद्रं वः साधूनामकृतागसाम् ।
आत्मवैरूप्यकर्तारं पार्थानां कीर्तिदूषणम् ॥ १३ ॥
ākhyāhi vṛṣa bhadraṁ vaḥ sādhūnām akṛtāgasām
ātma-vairūpya-kartāraṁ pārthānāṁ kīrti-dūṣaṇam

Synonyms

vṛṣa — O bull [he vṛṣabha63]; bhadram [astu64] — may auspiciousness; vaḥ — attend you [yuṣmākam65]; sādhūnām — who are virtuous [puṇyavatām66]; akṛta-āgasām — [and] offenseless [niraparādhinām67]; ākhyāhi — tell me; ātma-vairūpya-kartāram — [who] has mutilated you [(ātmanaḥ vairūpyaṁ kṛtavantam) by cutting off your legs (tava pāda-cchedena)]; kīrti-dūṣaṇam — [and hence] spoiled the good reputation [kīrtiṁ dūṣayatīti tathā]; pārthānām — of the Pāṇḍavas [pāṇḍavānām68].

Translation

O bull, may auspiciousness attend you, who are virtuous and offenseless. Tell me who has mutilated you and hence spoiled the good reputation of the Pāṇḍavas.

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