Text 18] Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet CLT
TEXT 17
Traarawaisqay TR TTA Ta: |
aed feared SAN Mead A APATT 112 II
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.
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aaa fretisdeon wed dtengad |
HATA ATA: ARAM AKAM: (12 <I!
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.
