668 Srimad-Bhagavatam [ Canto 4, Ch. 17

brahmana-pramukhan varnan
bhrtyamatya-purodhasah

paurdafi jana-padan srenih
prakrtih samapijayat

brahmana-pramukhan—unto the leaders of the brahmana community;
varndn—to the other castes; bhrtya—servants; amdtya—ministers;
purodhasah—to the priests; pauran—to the citizens; jana-padan—to his
countrymen; srenih—to different communities; prakrtih—to the admirers;
samapiijayat—he gave proper respects.

TRANSLATION

King Prthu thus satisfied and offered all respect to all the leaders of the
brahmanas and other castes, to his servants, to his ministers, to the priests,
citizens, general countrymen, people from other communities, admirers,
as well as others, and thus they all became happy.

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vidura uvaca
kasmad dadhara go-riipam
dharitri bahu-riipini
yam dudoha prthus tatra
ko vatso dohanam ca kim

vidurah uvdca—Vidura inquired; kasmat—why; dadhara—took; go-
ripam—the shape of a cow; dharitri—the earth; bahu-riipini— who has
many other forms; yam—whom; dudoha—milked; prthuh—King Prthu;
tatra—there; kah—who; vatsah—the calf; dohanam—the milking pot; ca—
also; kim—what.

TRANSLATION

Vidura inquired from the great sage Maitreya: My dear brahmana, since
mother earth can appear in different shapes, why did she take the shape of
a cow? And when King Prthu milked her, who became the calf, and what
was the milking pot?
