Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 20 - Verse 7
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7 Sanskrit: तप:कृशा देवमीढा आसीद् वर्षीयसी मही ।यथैव काम्यतपसस्तनु: सम्प्राप्य तत्फलम् ॥ ७ ॥ ITRANS: tapaḥ-kṛśā deva-mīḍhāāsīd varṣīyasī mahīyathaiva kāmya-tapasastanuḥ samprāpya tat-phalam Translation: The earth had been emaciated by the summer heat, but she became fully nourished again when moistened by the god of rain. Thus the earth was like a person whose body has been emaciated by austerities undergone for a material purpose, but who again becomes fully nourished when he achieves the fruit of those austerities....