Text 25] Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet 723
kravyadah praninah kravyam
duduhuh sve kalevare
suparna-vatsd vihagas
caram cacaram eva ca
pasgavah—cattle; yavasam—green grasses; ksiram—milk; vatsam—the calf;
krtva—making; ca—also; go-ursam—the bull carrier of Lord Siva; aranya-
patre—in the pot of the forest; ca—also; adhuksan—milked out; mrga-
indrena—by the lion; ca—and; damstrinah—animals with sharp teeth;
kravya-adah—animals who eat raw flesh; praninah—living entities; kravyam—
flesh; duduhuh—took out; sve—own, kalevare—in the pot of their body;
suparna—Garuda; vatsah—whose calf; viha-gah—the birds; caram—moving
living entities; ca—also; acaram—nonmoving living entities; eva—certainly;
ca—also.
TRANSLATION
The four-legged animals like the cows made a calf out of the bull who
carries Lord Siva and made a milking pot out of the forest. Thus they got
fresh green grasses to eat. Ferocious animals like tigers transformed a lion
into a calf, and thus they were able to get flesh for milk. The birds made
a calf out of Garuda and took milk from the planet earth in the form of
moving insects and nonmoving plants and grasses.
PURPORT
There are many carnivorous birds descended from Garuda, the winged
carrier of Lord Visnu. Indeed, there is a particular type of bird that is very
fond of eating monkeys. Eagles are fond of eating goats, and of course
many birds eat only fruits and berries. Therefore the words caram, referring
to moving animals, and acaram, referring to grasses, fruits and vegetables,
are mentioned in this verse.
TEXT 25
TIM TACT: TEAR Ta: |
fren fata AAT AATay 124
vata-vatsd vanas-patayah
prthag rasamayam payah
girayo himavad-vatsa
nana dhatiin sva-sdnusu
