SB 1.17.8

न जातु कौरवेन्द्राणां दोर्दण्डपरिरम्भिते ।
भूतलेऽनुपतन्त्यस्मिन्विना ते प्राणिनां शुचः ॥ ८ ॥
na jātu kauravendrāṇāṁ dordaṇḍa-parirambhite
bhū-tale’nupatanty asmin vinā te prāṇināṁ śucaḥ

Synonyms

asmin — upon this; bhū-tale — earth; parirambhite — [which] is carefully protected [as though embraced (parirambhita-vat surakṣite);46 or which is embraced in the sense of being attentively guarded (āśliṣṭe pālite)47]; dordaṇḍa — [by] the stout arms; kaurava-indrāṇām — of the Kuru kings [kuru-vaṁśa-rājānām48]; śucaḥ — tears of grief [śokāśru-bindavaḥ]; na jātu — have never [na kadācid api]; anupatanti — been shed; prāṇinām — of [i.e., by] any living being [keṣāñcid api prāṇinām]; te vinā — other than you [tvāṁ vinā].

Translation

Upon this earth, which is carefully protected by the stout arms of the Kuru kings, tears of grief have never been shed by any living being other than you.

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