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Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet
717
TEXT 17
गन्धर्वाप्सरसोऽधुक्षन् पात्रे पद्ममये पयः । वत्सं विश्वावसुं कृत्वा गान्धर्वं मधु सौभगम् ॥१७॥
gandharvāpsaraso 'dhukṣan   pātre padmamaye payaḥ   vatsam viśvāvasum kṛtvā   gāndharvam madhu saubhagam
gandharva —inhabitants of the Gandharva planet;  apsarasaḥ —the inhabitants of the Apsarā planet;  adhukṣan —milked out;  pātre —in a pot;  padmamaye —made of a lotus;  payaḥ —milk;  vatsam —calf;  viśvāvasum —of the name Viśvāvasu;  kṛtvā —making;  gāndharvam —songs;  madhu —sweet;  saubhagam —beauty.
TRANSLATION
The inhabitants of Gandharvaloka and Apsaroloka made Viśvāvasu into a calf, and they drew the milk into a lotus flower pot. The milk took the shape of sweet musical art and beauty.
TEXT 18
वत्सेन पितरोऽर्यम्णा कव्यं क्षीरमधुक्षत । आमपात्रे महामागाः श्रद्धया श्राद्धदेवताः ॥१८॥
vatsena pitaro 'ryamṇā   kavyam kṣīram adhukṣata   āma-pātre mahā-bhāgāḥ   śraddhayā śrāddha-devatāḥ
vatsena —by the calf;  pitaraḥ —the inhabitants of Pitṛloka;  aryamṇā —by the god of Pitṛloka, Aryamā;  kavyam —offerings of food to ancestors;  kṣīram —milk;  adhukṣata —took out;  āma-pātre —into an unbaked earthen pot;  mahā-bhāgāḥ —the greatly fortunate;  śraddhayā —with great faith;  śrāddha-devatāḥ —the demigods presiding over  śrāddha  ceremonies in honor of deceased relatives.