Text 29] Maharaja Prthu Becomes Angry at the Earth 689

namah svaripadnubhavena nirdhuta-
dravya-kriya-kdraka-vibhramormaye

dhara—the earthly planet; uvdca—said; namah—I offer my obeisances;
parasmai—unto the Transcendence; purusdya—unto the person; mayaya—
by the material energy; vinyasta—expanded; nana—various; tanave—whose
forms; guna-dtmane—unto the source of the three modes of material nature;
namah—| offer my obeisances; sva-ripa—of the real form; anubhavena—by
understanding; nirdhuta—not affected by; dravya—matter; kriya—action;
karaka—doer; vibhrama—bewilderment; armaye—the waves of material
existence.

TRANSLATION

The planet earth spoke: My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of God-
head, You are transcendental in Your position, and by Your material
energy You have expanded Yourself in various forms and species of life
through the interaction of the three modes of material nature. Unlike some
other masters, You always remain in Your transcendental position and are
not affected by the material creation, which is subject to different material
interactions. Consequently You are not bewildered by material activities.

PURPORT

After King Prthu gave his royal command, the planet earth in the shape
of a cow could understand that the King was a directly empowered incar-
nation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Consequently the King
knew everything past, present and future. Thus there was no possibility
of the earth’s cheating him. The earth was accused of hiding the seeds of all
herbs and grains, and therefore she is preparing to explain how the seeds of
these herbs and grains can be again exposed. The earth knew that the King
was very angry with her, and she realized that unless she pacified his anger,
there was no possibility of placing a positive program before him. Therefore
in the beginning of her speech she very humbly presents herself as a part
and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s body. She submits
that the various bodily forms manifest in the physical world are but different
parts and parcels of the supreme gigantic body. It is said that the lower
planetary systems are parts and parcels of the legs of the Lord, whereas the
upper planetary systems are parts and parcels of the Lord’s head. The Lord
creates this material world by His external energy, but this external energy
isin one sense not different from Him. Yet at the same time the Lord is not
directly manifest in the external energy but is always situated in the spiritual
energy. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (9.10), mayadhyaksena prakrtih: material
