132 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 12

TEXT 33

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yatra yatrdpatan mahyam
retas tasya mahatmanah

tani ripyasya hemnas ca
ksetrany Gsan mahi-pate

yatra—wherever; yatra—and wherever; apatat—fell; mahyam—on
the surface of the world; retah—the semen; tasya—of him; maha-
Gtmanah—of the great personality (Lord Siva); téni—all those places;
ripyasya—of silver; hemnah—of gold; ca—and; ksetrani—mines;
dsan—became; mahi-pate—O King.

TRANSLATION

O King, wheresoever on the surface of the globe fell the semen
of the great personality of Lord Siva, mines of gold and silver later
appeared.

PURPORT

Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that those who seek
gold and silver can worship Lord Siva for material opulences. Lord Siva
lives under a bael tree and does not even construct a house in which to
dwell, but although he is apparently poverty-stricken, his devotees are
sometimes opulently endowed with large quantities of silver and gold.
Pariksit Maharaja later asks about this, and Sukadeva Gosvami replies.

TEXT 34

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sarit-sarahsu Sailesu
vanesupavanesu ca

yatra kva ca@sann rsayas
tatra sannihito harah
