Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 1 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7


Sanskrit:

त्वं वा मृणालधवल: पादैर्न्यून: पदा चरन् ।वृषरूपेण किं कश्चिद् देवो न: परिखेदयन् ॥ ७ ॥

ITRANS:

tvaṁ vā mṛṇāla-dhavalaḥpādair nyūnaḥ padā caranvṛṣa-rūpeṇa kiṁ kaściddevo naḥ parikhedayan

Translation:

Then he [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] asked the bull: Oh, who are you? Are you a bull as white as a white lotus, or are you a demigod? You have lost three of your legs and are moving on only one. Are you some demigod causing us grief in the form of a bull?

Purport:

At least up to the time of Mahārāja Parīkṣit, no one could imagine the wretched conditions of the cow and the bull. Mahārāja Parīkṣit, therefore, was astonished to see such a horrible scene. He inquired whether the bull was not a demigod assuming such a wretched condition to indicate the future of the cow and the bull.