Text 22] Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet 721

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ACTIN BEEI BMS TAMATA 1122

yaksa-raksamsi bhittani
bhiitesa-vatsa duduhuh
kapale ksatajasavam

yaksa—the Yaksas (the descendants of Kuvera); raksamsi—the Rakgasas
(meat-eaters); bhiitani—ghosts; pisacah— witches; pisita-asanah—who are all
habituated to eating flesh; bhittesa— Lord Siva’s incarnation Rudra; valsah—
whose calf; duduhuh—milked out; kapdle—in the pot of skulls; ksata-ja—
blood; dsavam—a fermented beverage.

TRANSLATION

Then the Yaksas, the Raksasas, ghosts and witches, who are habituated
to eating flesh, transformed Lord Siva’s incarnation Rudra [ Bhitanatha]|
into a calf and milked out beverages made of blood and put them in a pot
made of skulls.

PURPORT

There are some types of living entities in the form of human beings
whose living conditions and eatables are most abominable. Generally they
eat flesh and fermented blood, which is mentioned in this verse as ksata-
jasavam. The leaders of such degraded men known as Yakgas, Raksasas,
bhiitas, pisdcas, etc., are all in the mode of ignorance. They have been
placed under the control of Rudra. Rudra is the incarnation of Lord Siva
and isin charge of the mode of ignorance in material nature. Another name
of Lord Siva is Bhitanatha, meaning ‘‘master of ghosts.”” Rudra was born
out of Brahma’seyes when Brahma was very angry at the four Kumaras.

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tathdhayo dandasitkah
sarpa nagas ca taksakam
