Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 Chapter 18 Verse 27

Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 18: Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.18.27

evaḿ pṛthv-ādayaḥ pṛthvīm

annādāḥ svannam ātmanaḥ

doha-vatsādi-bhedena

kṣīra-bhedaḿ kurūdvaha

SYNONYMS

evam — thus; pṛthu-ādayaḥ — King Pṛthu and others; pṛthvīm — the earth; anna-adāḥ — all living entities desiring food; su-annam — their desired foodstuff; ātmanaḥ — for self-preservation; doha — for milking; vatsa-ādi — by calves, pots and milkers; bhedena — different; kṣīra — milk; bhedam — different; kuru-udvaha — O chief of the Kurus.

TRANSLATION

My dear Vidura, chief of the Kurus, in this way King Pṛthu 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.

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