Text 28] Prthu Maharaja Milks the Earth Planet 725

elements. Every planet produces different types of food according to the
needs of its residents. According to the Vedic sastras, it is not true that the
moon does not produce food nor that no living entity is living there.

TEXT 27
Ut PAI: NAMA: VAM: |
aercaneaea «AAS SESE NVI

evam prthv-adayah prthvim
annadah svannam atmanah

doha-vatsadi-bhedena
kstra-bhedam kuridvaha

evam—thus; prthu-ddayah—King Prthu and others; prthvim—the earth;
anna-adah—all living entities desiring food; su-annam—their desired food-
stuff; atmanah—for self-preservation; doha—for milking; vatsa-adi—by
calves, pots and milkers; bhedena—different; ksira—milk; bhedam—dif-
ferent; kuru-udvaha—O chief of the Kurus.

TRANSLATION

My dear Vidura, chief of the Kurus, in this way King Prthu and all the
others who subsist on food created different types of calves and milked
out their respective eatables. Thus they received their various foodstuffs,
which were symbolized as milk.

TEXT 28

aat wera: sta: aaeAgal Tu: |
great wart Yam sfegacas: 112<I!

tato mahipatih pritah
sarva-kama-dugham prthuh

duhitrtve cakaremam
premna duhity-vatsalah

tatah—thereafter; mahi-patih—the King; pritah—being pleased; sarva-
kama—all desirables; dugham—producing as milk; prthuh—King Prthu;
duhitrtve—treating as his daughter; cakdra—did; ima@m—unto the earthly
