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Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet
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elements. Every planet produces different types of food according to the needs of its residents. According to the Vedic  sāstras , it is not true that the moon does not produce food nor that no living entity is living there.
TEXT 27
एवं पृथ्वादयः पृथ्वीमनादाः स्वन्नमात्मनः ।
दोहवत्सादिमेदेन क्षीरमेदं कुरुद्धह ॥२७॥
evam pṛthu-ādayaḥ pṛthvīm
annādāḥ svannam ātmanaḥ
doha-vatsādi-bhedena
kṣīra-bhedam kurūdvaha
evam —thus;  pṛthu-ādayaḥ —King Pṛthu and others;  pṛthvīm —the earth;  anna-adāḥ —all living entities desiring food;  su-annam —their desired food-stuff;  ātmanaḥ —for self-preservation;  doha —for milking;  vatsa-ādi —by calves, pots and milkers;  bhedena —different;  kṣīra —milk;  bhedam —different;  kuru-udvaha —O chief of the Kurus.
TRANSLATION
My dear Vidura, chief of the Kurus, in this way King Pṛthu and all the others who subsist on food created different types of calves and milked out their respective eatables. Thus they received their various foodstuffs, which were symbolized as milk.
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ततो महीपतिः प्रीतः सर्वकामदुधां पृथुः ।
दुहितृत्वे चकारेमां प्रेम्णा दुहितृवत्सलः ॥२८॥
tato mahīpatiḥ prītaḥ
sarva-kāma-dughām pṛthuḥ
duhitṛtve cakāremām
premṇā duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ
tataḥ —thereafter;  mahī-patiḥ —the King;  prītaḥ —being pleased;  sarva-kāma —all desirables;  dughām —producing as milk;  pṛthuḥ —King Pṛthu;  duhitṛtve —treating as his daughter;  cakāra —did;  imām —unto the earthly