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Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet
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TEXT 21
यक्षरक्षांसि भूतानि पिशाचाः पिशिताशनाः । भूतेशवत्सा दुदुहुः कपाले क्षतजासवम् ॥२१॥
yakṣa-rakṣāṁsi bhūtāni piśācāḥ piśitāśanāḥ bhūteśa-vatsā duduhuḥ kapāle kṣatajāsavam
yakṣa —the Yakṣas (the descendants of Kuvera);  rakṣāṁsi —the Rākṣasas (meat-eaters);  bhūtāni —ghosts;  piśācāḥ —witches;  piśita-aśanāḥ —who are all habituated to eating flesh;  bhūteśa —Lord Śiva's incarnation Rudra;  vatsāḥ —whose calf;  duduhuḥ —milked out;  kapāle —in the pot of skulls;  kṣata-ja —blood;  āsavam —a fermented beverage.
TRANSLATION
Then the Yakṣas, the Rākṣasas, ghosts and witches, who are habituated to eating flesh, transformed Lord Śiva's incarnation Rudra [Bhūtanātha] into a calf and milked out beverages made of blood and put them in a pot made of skulls.
PURPORT
There are some types of living entities in the form of human beings whose living conditions and eatables are most abominable. Generally they eat flesh and fermented blood, which is mentioned in this verse as  kṣata-jāsavam . The leaders of such degraded men known as Yakṣas, Rākṣasas,  bhūtas ,  piśācas , etc., are all in the mode of ignorance. They have been placed under the control of Rudra. Rudra is the incarnation of Lord Śiva and is in charge of the mode of ignorance in material nature. Another name of Lord Śiva is Bhūtanātha, meaning "master of ghosts." Rudra was born out of Brahmā's eyes when Brahmā was very angry at the four Kumāras.
TEXT 22
तथाहयो दन्दशूकाः सर्पा नागाश्च तक्षकम् । विधाय वत्सं दुदुहुर्विलपात्रे विषं पयः ॥२२॥
tathāhayo dandaśūkāḥ sarpā nāgāś ca takṣakam