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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.17.13

ఆఖ్యాహి వృష భద్రం వ: సాధూనామకృతాగసామ్ । ఆత్మవైరూప్యకర్తారం పార్థానాం కీర్తిదూషణమ్ ॥ ౧౩ ॥
ākhyāhi vṛṣa bhadraṁ vaḥ
[aakhyaahi vrisha bhadram vah]
sādhūnām akṛtāgasām
[saadhoonaam akritaagasaam]
ātma-vairūpya-kartāraṁ
[aatma-vairoopya-kartaaram]
pārthānāṁ kīrti-dūṣaṇam
[paarthaanaam keerti-dooshanam]
ākhyāhi — just let me know vṛṣa — O bull bhadram — good vaḥ — for you sādhūnām — of the honest akṛta-āgasām — of those who are offenseless ātma-vairūpya — deformation of the self kartāram — the doer pārthānām — of the sons of Pṛthā kīrti-dūṣaṇam — blackening the reputation.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ākhyāhi vṛṣa bhadraṁ vaḥ
ākhyāhi
just let me know
vṛṣa
O bull
bhadram
good
vaḥ
for you
sādhūnām akṛtāgasām
sādhūnām
of the honest
akṛta-āgasām
of those who are offenseless
ātma-vairūpya-kartāraṁ
ātma-vairūpya
deformation of the self
kartāram
the doer
pārthānāṁ kīrti-dūṣaṇam
pārthānām
of the sons of Pṛthā
kīrti-dūṣaṇam
blackening the reputation.
O bull, you are offenseless and thoroughly honest; therefore I wish all good to you. Please tell me of the perpetrator of these mutilations, which blacken the reputation of the sons of Pṛthā.

The reputation of the reign of Mahārāja Rāmacandra and that of the kings who followed in the footsteps of Mahārāja Rāmacandra, like the Pāṇḍavas and their descendants, are never to be forgotten because in their kingdom offenseless and honest living beings were never in trouble. The bull and the cow are the symbols of the most offenseless living beings because even the stool and urine of these animals are utilized to benefit human society. The descendants of the sons of Pṛthā, like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, were afraid of losing their reputations, but in the modern days the leaders are not even afraid of killing such offenseless animals. Herein lies the difference between the reign of those pious kings and the modern states ruled by irresponsible executive heads without knowledge of the codes of God.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O bull! May you, who is innocent and of pure character, have good fortune! Tell me who has disfigured you, who has spoiled the fame of the Pāṇḍavas.
Commentary

“If you tell me, I will kill that person.” “I have nothing to say.” “O bull! You, who are good natured and offenseless, are auspicious in happiness and in suffering. But tell me the criminal who is spoiling the fame of the Pāṇḍavas. Who is the person who disfigured you by cutting off your legs?”

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