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# Bhagavatapurana 12.2.9

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 12.2.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.12.2.9)

ācchinna-dāra-draviṇā yāsyanti giri-kānanam /  
śāka-mūlāmiṣa-kṣaudra- phala-puṣpāṣṭi-bhojanāḥ //

> 9. And being deprived of their women and wealth by greedy merciless kings who are highway-men by character, the subjects, will betake themselves to mountains and forests, living on leaves, roots, raw flesh, honey, fruits, flowers and seeds.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.12.2.p10) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.12.2.9) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.12.9) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit

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