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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 17 ]
brāhmaṇa-pramukhān varṇān bhṛtyāmātya-purodhasaḥ paurān jāna-padān śreṇīḥ prakṛtīḥ samapūjayat
brāhmaṇa-pramukhān—unto the leaders of the brāhmaṇa community; varṇān—to the other castes; bhṛtya—servants; amātya—ministers; purodhasaḥ—to the priests; paurān—to the citizens; jāna-padān—to his countrymen; śreṇīḥ—to different communities; prakṛtīḥ—to the admirers; samapūjayat—he gave proper respects.
TRANSLATION
King Pṛthu thus satisfied and offered all respect to all the leaders of the brāhmaṇas and other castes, to his servants, to his ministers, to the priests, citizens, general countrymen, people from other communities, admirers, as well as others, and thus they all became happy.
TEXT 3
विदुर उवाच
कस्माद्धार गोरूपं धरित्री बहुरूपिणी । यां दुदोह पृथुस्तत्र को वत्सो दोहनं च किम् ॥ ३ ॥
vidura uvāca kasmād dadhāra go-rūpaṁ dharitrī bahu-rūpiṇī yām dudoha pṛthus tatra ko vatso dohanaṁ ca kim
viduraḥ uvāca—Vidura inquired; kasmāt—why; dadhāra—took; go-rūpam—the shape of a cow; dharitrī—the earth; bahu-rūpiṇī—who has many other forms; yām—whom; dudoha—milked; pṛthuḥ—King Pṛthu; tatra—there; kaḥ—who; vatsaḥ—the calf; dohanam—the milking pot; ca—also; kim—what.
TRANSLATION
Vidura inquired from the great sage Maitreya: My dear brāhmaṇa, since mother earth can appear in different shapes, why did she take the shape of a cow? And when King Pṛthu milked her, who became the calf, and what was the milking pot?