Devanagari
चूर्णयन् स्वधनुष्कोट्या गिरिकूटानि राजराट् ।
भूमण्डलमिदं वैन्य: प्रायश्चक्रे समं विभु: ॥ २९ ॥
Verse text
cūrṇayan sva-dhanuṣ-koṭyā
giri-kūṭāni rāja-rāṭ
bhū-maṇḍalam idaṁ vainyaḥ
prāyaś cakre samaṁ vibhuḥ
Synonyms
cūrṇayan
—
making into pieces
;
sva
—
his own
;
dhanuḥ
—
koṭyā — by the power of his bow
;
giri
—
of the hills
;
kūṭāni
—
the tops
;
rāja
—
rāṭ — the emperor
;
bhū
—
maṇḍalam — the whole earth
;
idam
—
this
;
vainyaḥ
—
the son of Vena
;
prāyaḥ
—
almost
;
cakre
—
made
;
samam
—
level
;
vibhuḥ
—
the powerful .
Translation
After this, the king of all kings, Mahārāja Pṛthu, leveled all rough places on the surface of the globe by breaking up the hills with the strength of his bow. By his grace the surface of the globe almost became flat.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The King crumbled the mountains to dust with the tip of his bow. Powerful Pṛthu made the earth planet almost flat.
Purport
Generally the mountainous and hilly portions of the earth are made flat by the striking of thunderbolts. Generally this is the business of King Indra of the heavenly planets, but King Pṛthu, an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, did not wait for King Indra to break up the hills and mountains but did so himself by using his strong bow.