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
Ud PART: TAWMAN: GHANA: |
aeNeaeT | AAR FETE NIRUII
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
aa wétefa: site: adergat oy: |
gheaet aerat dem gfegacas: Ril
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
