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Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth
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namaḥ svarūpānubhavena nirdhuta- dravya-kriyā-kāraka-vibhramormaye
dharā —the earthly planet;  uvāca —said;  namaḥ —I offer my obeisances;  parasmai —unto the Transcendence;  puruṣāya —unto the person;  māyayā —by the material energy;  vinyasta —expanded;  nānā —various;  tanave —whose forms;  guṇa-ātmane —unto the source of the three modes of material nature;  namaḥ —I offer my obeisances;  sva-rūpa —of the real form;  anubhavena —by understanding;  nirdhuta —not affected by;  dravya —matter;  kriyā —action;  kāraka —doer;  vibhrama —bewilderment;  ūrmaye —the waves of material existence.
TRANSLATION
The planet earth spoke: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are transcendental in Your position, and by Your material energy You have expanded Yourself in various forms and species of life through the interaction of the three modes of material nature. Unlike some other masters, You always remain in Your transcendental position and are not affected by the material creation, which is subject to different material interactions. Consequently You are not bewildered by material activities.
PURPORT
After King Pṛthu gave his royal command, the planet earth in the shape of a cow could understand that the King was a directly empowered incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently the King knew everything past, present and future. Thus there was no possibility of the earth's cheating him. The earth was accused of hiding the seeds of all herbs and grains, and therefore she is preparing to explain how the seeds of these herbs and grains can be again exposed. The earth knew that the King was very angry with her, and she realized that unless she pacified his anger, there was no possibility of placing a positive program before him. Therefore in the beginning of her speech she very humbly presents herself as a part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's body. She submits that the various bodily forms manifest in the physical world are but different parts and parcels of the supreme gigantic body. It is said that the lower planetary systems are parts and parcels of the legs of the Lord, whereas the upper planetary systems are parts and parcels of the Lord's head. The Lord creates this material world by His external energy, but this external energy is in one sense not different from Him. Yet at the same time the Lord is not directly manifest in the external energy but is always situated in the spiritual energy. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.10),  mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ : material