Texts 6-7 | Maharaja Prthu Becomes Angry at the Earth 671
vaktum arhasi yo ‘duhyad
vainya-ripena gam imam

yat—which; ca—and; anyat—other; api—certainly; krsnasya—of Krsna;
bhavan—your good self; bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality of God-
head; prabhoh—powerful; sravah—glorious activities; su-Sravasah—who is
very pleasing to hear about; punyam—pious; piirva-deha—of His
previous incarnation; kathd-asrayam—connected with the narration;
bhaktaya—unto the devotee; me—to me; anuraktaya—very much alten-
tive; lava—of yourself; ca—and; adhoksajasya—of the Lord, who is known
as Adhoksaja; ca—also; vaktum arhasi—please narrate; yah—one who;
aduhyat—milked; vainya-riijpena—in the form of the son of King Vena;
gam—cow, earth; imam-—this.

TRANSLATION

Prthu Maharaja was a powerful incarnation of Lord Krsna’s potencies;
consequently any narration concerning his activities is surely very pleasing
to hear, and it produces all good fortune. As far as | am concerned, I am
always your devotee as well as a devotee of the Lord, who is known as
Adhoksaja. Please therefore narrate all the stories of King Prthu, who, in
the form of the son of King Vena, milked the cow-shaped earth.

PURPORT

Lord Krsna is also known as avatari, which means, “one from whom all
the incarnations emanate.” In Bhagavad-gita Lord Krsna says, aham sarvasya
prabhavo mattah sarvatn pravartate: ‘‘| am the source of all spiritual and
material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.” (Bg. 10.8) Thus Lord
Krsna is the origin of everyone’s appearance. As far as this material world
is concerned, Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu and Lord Siva are all emanations
from Krsna. These three incarnations of Krsna are called guna-avataras.
The material world is governed by three material modes of nature, and
Lord Visnu, Lord Brahma and Lord Siva respectively take charge of the
modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. Maharaja Prthu is also an
incarnation of those qualities of Lord Krsna by which one rules over
conditioned souls.

In this verse the word adhoksaja, meaning “beyond the perception of
the material senses,” is very significant. No one can perceive the Supreme
Personality of Godhead by mental speculation; therefore a person with a
poor fund of knowledge cannot understand the Supreme Personality of
