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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.9.7

భూమిస్తురీయం జగ్రాహ ఖాతపూరవరేణ వై । ఈరిణం బ్రహ్మహత్యాయా రూపం భూమౌ ప్రద‍ృశ్యతే ॥ ౭ ॥
bhūmis turīyaṁ jagrāha
[bhoomis tureeyam jagraaha]
khāta-pūra-vareṇa vai
[khaata-poora-varena vai]
īriṇaṁ brahma-hatyāyā
[eerinam brahma-hatyaayaa]
rūpaṁ bhūmau pradṛśyate
[roopam bhoomau pradrishyate]
Word-for-word
bhūmiḥ — the earth turīyam — one fourth jagrāha — accepted khāta-pūra — of the filling of holes vareṇa — because of the benediction vai — indeed īriṇam — the deserts brahma-hatyāyāḥ — of the reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa rūpam — form bhūmau — on the earth pradṛśyate — is visible.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhūmis turīyaṁ jagrāha
bhūmiḥ
the earth
turīyam
one fourth
jagrāha
accepted
khāta-pūra-vareṇa vai
khāta-pūra
of the filling of holes
vareṇa
because of the benediction
vai
indeed
īriṇaṁ brahma-hatyāyā
īriṇam
the deserts
brahma-hatyāyāḥ
of the reaction for killing a brāhmaṇa
rūpaṁ bhūmau pradṛśyate
rūpam
form
bhūmau
on the earth
pradṛśyate
is visible.
In return for King Indra’s benediction that ditches in the earth would be filled automatically, the land accepted one fourth of the sinful reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa. Because of those sinful reactions, we find many deserts on the surface of the earth.
Purport

Because deserts are manifestations of the earth’s diseased condition, no auspicious ritualistic ceremony can be performed in a desert. Persons destined to live in deserts are understood to be sharing the reactions for the sin of brahma-hatyā, the killing of a brāhmaṇa.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In return for King Indra's benediction that ditches in the earth would be filled automatically, the land accepted one fourth of the sinful reactions for killing a brāhmaṇa. Because of those sinful reactions, there is barren land on the earth. If the ditches will become filled with water on their own, I will accept one fourth of the sin. The earth accepted with this promise. Thus some of the earth is barren. It is forbidden to study the Vedas in such places, since sin resides there.
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