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Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet
727
athāsmin bhagavān vainyaḥ prajānām vṛtti-daḥ pitā nivāsān kalpayāñ cakre tatra tatra yathārhataḥ
atha—thus; asmin—on this earth planet; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; vainyaḥ—son of Vena; prajānām—of the citizens; vṛtti-daḥ—who supplies employment; pitā—a father; nivāsān—residences; kalpayān—suitable; cakre—make; tatra tatra—here and there; yathā— as; arhataḥ—desirable, suitable.
TRANSLATION
To all the citizens of the state, King Pṛthu was as good as a father. Thus he was visibly engaged in giving them proper subsistence and proper employment for subsistence. After leveling the surface of the globe, he earmarked different places for residential quarters, inasmuch as they were desirable.
TEXT 31
ग्रामानुपुरः पत्तनानि दुर्गाणि विविधानि च ।
घोषान् ब्रजान् सशिबिरानाकरान् खेटखर्वटान्॥३१॥
grāmān puraḥ pattanāni durgāṇi vividhāni ca ghoṣān vrajān sa-śibirān ākarān kheṭa-kharvaṭān
grāmān—villages; puraḥ—cities; pattanāni—settlements; durgāṇi—forts; vividhāni—of different varieties; ca—also; ghoṣān—habitations for the milkmen; vrajān—pens for cattle; sa-śibirān—with camps; ākarān—mines; kheṭa—agricultural towns; kharvaṭān—mountain villages.
TRANSLATION
In this way the King founded many types of villages, settlements and towns and built forts, residences for cowherdsmen, stables for the animals, and places for the royal camps, mining places, agricultural towns and mountain villages.
TEXT 32
प्राकृश्योरिह नैवैषा पुरग्रायादिकल्पना ।
यथासुखं वसन्ति स तत्र तत्राकुतोमयाः ॥३२॥