Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Seeing the kings of this earth busy trying to conquer her, the earth herself laughed. She said: “Just see how these kings, who are actually playthings in the hands of death, are desiring to conquer me.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
श्रीशुक उवाच । दृष्ट्वाऽऽत्मनि जये व्यग्रान् नृपान् हसति भूरियम् । अहो मा विजिगीषन्ति मृत्योः क्रीडनका नृपाः
śrīśuka uvāca | dṛṣṭvā''tmani jaye vyagrān nṛpān hasati bhūriyam | aho mā vijigīṣanti mṛtyoḥ krīḍanakā nṛpāḥ
SB 12.3.1