Text 18] Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet CLT

TEXT 17

TWaIAAISTaY TR TTAY Ta: |
aed feared Ha Mead A APATT 11201!

gandharvapsaraso ‘dhuksan
patre padmamaye payah
vatsam visvdvasum krtva
gandharvam madhu saubhagam

gandharva—inhabitants of the Gandharva planet; apsarasah—the inhabi-
tants of the Apsara planet; adhuksan—milked out; patre—in a pot; padma-
maye—made of a lotus; payah— milk; vatsam—calf; visvavasum—of the name
Visvavasu; krtva— making; gandharvam—songs; madhu—sweet; saubhagam—
beauty.

TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of Gandharvaloka and Apsaroloka made Visvavasu into
a calf, and they drew the milk into a lotus flower pot. The milk took the
shape of sweet musical art and beauty.

TEXT 18

aaa fretisdeon wed dtengad |
WATA AMAT: ASA AKAM! Le

vatsena pitaro ‘ryamna
kavyam ksiram adhuksata

ama-patre maha-bhagah
sraddhaya sraddha-devatah

vatsena—by the calf; pitarah—the inhabitants of Pitploka; aryamna—by
the god of Pitrloka, Aryama; kavyam—offerings of food to ancestors;
ksiram—milk; adhuksata—took out; ama-patre—into an unbaked earthen
pot; mahda-bhagah—the greatly fortunate; sraddhaya—with great faith;
Sraddha-devatah—the demigods presiding over sraddha ceremonies in
honor of deceased relatives.
