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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.17.35

అపాముపస్థే మయి నావ్యవస్థితా: ప్రజా భవానద్య రిరక్షిషు: కిల । స వీరమూర్తి: సమభూద్ధరాధరో యో మాం పయస్యుగ్రశరో జిఘాంససి ॥ ౩౫ ॥
apām upasthe mayi nāvy avasthitāḥ
[apaam upasthe mayi naavy avasthitaah]
prajā bhavān adya rirakṣiṣuḥ kila
[prajaa bhavaan adya rirakshishuh kila]
sa vīra-mūrtiḥ samabhūd dharā-dharo
[sa veera-moortih samabhood dharaa-dharo]
yo māṁ payasy ugra-śaro jighāṁsasi
[yo maam payasy ugra-sharo jighaamsasi]
Word-for-word
apām — of the water upasthe — situated on the surface mayi — in me nāvi — in a boat avasthitāḥ — standing prajāḥ — living entities bhavān — Yourself adya — now rirakṣiṣuḥ — desiring to protect kila — indeed saḥ — He vīra-mūrtiḥ — in the form of a great hero samabhūt — became dharā-dharaḥ — the protector of the planet earth yaḥ — one who mām — me payasi — for the sake of milk ugra-śaraḥ — with sharpened arrows jighāṁsasi — You desire to kill.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
apām upasthe mayi nāvy avasthitāḥ
apām
of the water
upasthe
situated on the surface
mayi
in me
nāvi
in a boat
avasthitāḥ
standing
prajā bhavān adya rirakṣiṣuḥ kila
prajāḥ
living entities
bhavān
Yourself
adya
now
rirakṣiṣuḥ
desiring to protect
kila
indeed
sa vīra-mūrtiḥ samabhūd dharā-dharo
saḥ
He
vīra-mūrtiḥ
in the form of a great hero
samabhūt
became
dharā-dharaḥ
the protector of the planet earth
yo māṁ payasy ugra-śaro jighāṁsasi
yaḥ
one who
mām
me
payasi
for the sake of milk
ugra-śaraḥ
with sharpened arrows
jighāṁsasi
You desire to kill.
My dear Lord, in this way You once protected me by rescuing me from the water, and consequently Your name has been famous as Dharādhara — He who holds the planet earth. Yet at the present moment, in the form of a great hero, You are about to kill me with sharpened arrows. I am, however, just like a boat on the water, keeping everything afloat.
Purport

The Lord is known as Dharādhara, meaning “He who keeps the planet earth on His tusks as the boar incarnation.” Thus the planet earth in the shape of a cow is accounting the contradictory acts of the Lord. Although He once saved the earth, He now wants to upset the earth, which is like a boat on water. No one can understand the activities of the Lord. Due to a poor fund of knowledge, human beings sometimes think the Lord’s activities contradictory.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Desiring to protect the progeny situated in me, a boat on the water, you lifted me up. You have now become Pṛthu, a figure of courage, and desire to kill me for milk with sharp arrows. The Lord, holder of the earth, the boar avatāra, desired to protect the citizens situated in me, the form of a boat, on top of (upasthe) water, you who were my husband, now desire to kill me for milk. The meaning is this. Your progeny were my children, situated in my lap, and I constantly nourish them with milk. Seeing their evil ways at this time, I, as a mother, teaching them good character, have become angry, and do not supply milk. You, the master of the house, now punish me.
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