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Kūrmaśatakadvayam
107. The gaurava (i weightiness ii greatness) which Krsna (=Visnu) gave
conferred on the earth-here does not appear great. It was you, O King Bhoja, who transformed by your supernatural power the lightness of
the earth into heaviness—weightiness (greatness, dignity).. 108. The earth which was supported unitedly by the animals (the Tortoise,
the Boar and the /serpent Sesa) yet was apprehensive, was extremely frightened and which was trembling became steady (thakkā Sk. sthitā). The earth which has become free from trembling, has become, O King
Bhoja, now prosperous. 109. This century of gāthās (in praise of Kūrma-Tortoise) has been
composed by that King Bhoja himself who lightened the principal mountains (kulagiris) and all other mountains (bhūmidharas) here (on earth).
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