Canto
4
Chapter 18: Prithu Mahârâja Milks the Earth
(1) Maitreya said: 'After mother earth thus had offered King Prithu prayers, his lips were still trembling of anger. She, in fear, then managed to come to her senses and spoke again: (2) 'Please pacify your anger, oh King, understand that what I said, I have said as someone who as an intelligent person, just like a bumblebee, gathers the essence from everywhere. (3) By the great sages who realized the truth, methods were found and applied for the common people to have a better life in both this world and the next. (4) For anyone who fully follows the principles, that are traditionally taught to the inexperienced who live by their faith, it is very easy to enjoy life. (5) He who in neglect [of the traditions] not properly versed engages on his own initiative, will, in pursuing his goals, see himself fail time and again. (6) Oh King, I see that all the plants that in the past were created by Lord Brahmâ and are cherished by me, are now in the hands of irresponsible people with no respect for the spiritual practice. (7) [With me] not being taken care of and neglected by local rulers like your goodness, I have for this world, that has fallen into thievery, hidden all the herbs and seeds that are needed for the offerings. (8) Because of being hidden within me for such a long time, those plants, fruits and seeds have deteriorated and therefore your Majesty should take them out the way it is prescribed. (9-10) Oh hero, arrange for a calf for me. And if you also arrange for a milking pot and a milkman, I will, from my affection for it, fulfill all your desires in the form of milk for each of you. I will also, oh mighty-armed one, oh protector of the living beings, if you want, provide for the food you desired to feed yourself. (11) You will also have to engage in leveling me, the earth, oh King, so that the water that fell from the sky by the mercy of the godhead, after the rainy season has not flown away, oh mighty one.'
(12) Thinking of the pleasing and good words of the earth, the king engaged with a calf so that the representative of mankind thus milking obtained all the crops. (13) Everywhere else other men of intelligence also acquired the wealth by likewise caring [for a calf] and thus milking from Prithu's planet earth, whatever they wanted. (14) Oh good one, the sages milking the goddess with their senses [as the milking pot], produced, by dint of sage Brihaspati as the calf, milk in the pure form of the Vedic hymns. (15) Producing from Indra, the king of heaven, as the calf, the godly milked into a golden pot the nectar of the milk of mental power and the strength of the body and the senses. (16) The sons of Diti, the enemies of God, produced with Prahlâda as the calf, with the most important [devotee] among the godless, the milk of fermented and distilled beverages in an iron pot. (17) The singers and denizens of heaven produced with him who was named Vis'vâvasu as the calf, into a vessel in the form of a lotus, the milk of sweet music and beauty. (18) The most fortunate demigods responsible for the funeral rites, with great faith produced, with Aryamâ, from the realm of the ancestors the milk of the offerings of food into an unbaked earthen pot. (19) The perfected souls and the scholars and such [the Vidyâdharas], appointing Kapila as the calf, produced with the ether [as the milking pot] the knowledge of proceeding at will with yogic mystic powers [siddhis]. (20) Others endowed with magical and mystical powers [the Kimpurushas] produced with Maya [a demon] as the calf and with concentration [or dhârana as the milking pot], the milk of the wondrous ability of making the body invisible. (21) The descendants of Kuvera, the demons, the ghosts and the witches [respectively the Yakshas, Râkshasas, Bhûtas and Pis'âcas], who are all habituated to eating meat, with Lord S'iva's incarnation Rudra [Bhûtanâtha] as the calf, milked out a beverage made of blood in a pot of skulls. (22) So also the snakes with and without hoods, the scorpions and the constrictor snakes, produced with Takshaka as the calf, their chief, the milk of poison in the pot of the snake pit. (23-24) The four-legged creatures produced, with the bull carrier of Lord S'iva [Nandi] as the calf, from the green grasses their milk in the pot of the wilderness. The other sharp toothed animals, the predators, with the lion as their calf milked out the flesh of other beings and the birds, with Garuda as their calf, produced in the pot of their own body the milk of the moving [insects and worms] and nonmoving living beings [the plants and grasses]. (25) With the banyan tree as their calf the different trees produced milk in the form of their juices while the hills and mountains, with the Himalayas as the calf, produced the various minerals of their peaks. (26) With the leaders as the calves and with each his own specific milking pot, from the planet Earth ruled by King Prithu the milk was produced of everything needed.(27) Oh chief of the Kurus, milking the earth with the different calfs, pots and milkers, thus by Prithu and the others following his example, the milk was obtained of all the different forms of food needed by the living entities. (28) King Prithu, being very pleased with all desirables produced as milk, full of affection thereafter treated the planet earth as if she was his own daughter. (29) The emperor, the mighty son of Vena, with the power of his bow had broken up all the hilltops of the entire earth and thus had leveled [cultivated] her almost completely. (30-31) And so the Supreme Lord, present on this earth as the son of Vena, was as a father to the citizens in employing them and in preparing at different locations for numbers of suitable dwellings according to the need: villages, cities, settlements and forts of different kinds as also habitations for the milkmen, pens for livestock, camps, mines, agricultural towns and mountain hamlets. (32) Before Prithu there was on this earth certainly never this kind of planning of towns and villages; one used to live everywhere unrestricted as one liked.'
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Maitreya said: 'After mother earth thus had offered King Prithu prayers, his lips were still trembling of anger. She, in fear, then managed to come to her senses and spoke again:Maitreya said: 'After thus having offered King Prithu prayers, were his lips still trembling of anger. She, the planet earth, in fear, then knew to make up her mind and spoke again: (Vedabase)
'Please pacify your anger, oh King, understand that what I said, I have said as someone who as an intelligent person, just like a bumblebee, gathers the essence from everywhere.
'Please pacify your anger o King, try to understand that what I have said, was said by me as someone who like an intelligent person takes the essence from everywhere like a bumblebee does. (Vedabase)
By the great sages who realized the truth, methods were found and applied for the common people to have a better life in both this world and the next.
For the duration of this life as well as the next were by the great sages, the seers of truth, the methods prescribed applied, so that the people in general might also benefit. (Vedabase)
For anyone who fully follows the principles, that are traditionally taught to the inexperienced who live by their faith, it is very easy to enjoy life.
For anyone who follows in full the principles as of old instructed to the inexperienced who live by faith, is it very easy to enjoy the fruits of action. (Vedabase)
He who in neglect [of the traditions] not properly versed engages on his own initiative, will, in pursuing his goals, see himself fail time and again.
He who in neglect, as a speculator, derives from his own individual schemes will see himself fail again and again in pursuing his goals. (Vedabase)
Oh King, I see that all the plants that in the past were created by Lord Brahmâ and are cherished by me, are now in the hands of irresponsible people with no respect for the spiritual practice.
All the herbs and seeds that before were created by Lord Brahmâ, o King, and are entertained by me, are now seen in the hands of the unchaste of disrespect for the holy practice. (Vedabase)
[With me] not being taken care of and neglected by local rulers like your goodness, I have for this world, that has fallen into thievery, hidden all the herbs and seeds that are needed for the offerings.
Not being taken care of and neglected by local rulers like your goodness, have I, for this world that has fallen into thievery, hidden all the herbs and seeds needed for the offerings. .(Vedabase)
Because of being hidden within me for such a long time, those plants, fruits and seeds have deteriorated and therefore your Majesty should take them out the way it is prescribed.
Due to being within me for such a long time have those herbs and seeds deteriorated and thus should Your Majesty take them out the way it is prescribed. (Vedabase)
Oh hero, arrange for a calf for me. And if you also arrange for a milking pot and a milkman, I will, from my affection for it, fulfill all your desires in the form of milk for each of you. I will also, oh mighty-armed one, oh protector of the living beings, if you want, provide for the food you desired to feed yourself.
O hero, arrange for a calf from me; from my affection for it I will, if you also arrange for a milking pot and a milkman, fulfill all your desires for milk for each of you, as well as, o mighty-armed one, o protector of the living beings, the food you wanted for feeding yourselves, if you so desire. (Vedabase)
You will also have to engage in leveling me, the earth, oh King, so that the water that fell from the sky by the mercy of the godhead, after the rainy season has not flown away, oh mighty one.'
Also, you will have to engage in preparing me, the earth, o King; so that the waters that fell by the mercy of the godhead, keeping them for my sake, will also be of use to you after the rainy season has ended, o mighty one.' (Vedabase)
Thinking of the pleasing and good words of the earth, the king engaged with a calf so that the representative of mankind thus milking obtained all the crops.
In consideration of the pleasing and good words of the earth, set the king, wise with a calf, himself to the task and got he, thus milking, all grains and herbs in hands. (Vedabase)
Everywhere else other men of intelligence also acquired the wealth by likewise caring [for a calf] and thus milking from Prithu's planet earth, whatever they wanted.
So also did all other men of intelligence that everywhere else accordingly taking care, milKing Prithu's planet earth to their desire. (Vedabase)
Oh good one, the sages milking the goddess with their senses [as the milking pot], produced, by dint of sage Brihaspati as the calf, milk in the pure form of the Vedic hymns.
O good one, the sages milking to the senses [as the pot], produced, by sage Brihaspati as the calf, milk in the pure form of vedic hymns. (Vedabase)
Producing from Indra, the king of heaven, as the calf, the godly milked into a golden pot the nectar of the milk of mental power and the strength of the body and the senses.
Producing from Indra, the king of heaven, as the calf, milked the godly into a golden pot the nectar of the milk of mental power and strength of body and senses. (Vedabase)
The sons of Diti, the enemies of God, produced with Prahlâda as the calf, with the most important [devotee] among the godless, the milk of fermented and distilled beverages in an iron pot.
The sons of Diti, the enemies of God, produced from Prahlâda, the most important [devotee] among the godless, as the calf, the milk of fermented and distilled beverages in an iron pot. (Vedabase)
The singers and denizens of heaven produced with him who was named Vis'vâvasu as the calf, into a vessel in the form of a lotus, the milk of sweet music and beauty.
The singers and indwellers of heaven produced from him who was named Vis'vâvasu as the calf, into a vessel in the form of a lotus, the milk of sweet music and beauty. (Vedabase)
The most fortunate demigods responsible for the funeral rites, with great faith produced, with Aryamâ, from the realm of the ancestors the milk of the offerings of food into an unbaked earthen pot.
The ones of great fortune, the demigods of faith, produced, from the realm of the ancestors, from Aryamâ, the milk of the offerings of food into an unbaked earthen pot. (Vedabase)
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The perfected souls and the scholars and such [the Vidyâdharas], appointing Kapila as the calf, produced with the ether [as the milking pot] the knowledge of proceeding at will with yogic mystic powers [siddhis].
To Kapila as the calf as settled by the perfected ones and the scholars and alike [Vidyâdharas], came the knowledge of proceeding at will to yogic mystic powers with the ether [as the milkingpot]. (Vedabase)
Others endowed with magical and mystical powers [the Kimpurushas] produced with Maya [a demon] as the calf and with concentration [or dhârana as the milking pot], the milk of the wondrous ability of making the body invisible.
Others of magical and mystical powers [the Kimpurushas] produced from Maya [the astronomer and poet or the likewise asura architect of the Daityas] as the calf, with concentration the milk of the wonderous ability of making the body invisible. (Vedabase)
The descendants of Kuvera, the demons, the ghosts and the witches [respectively the Yakshas, Râkshasas, Bhûtas and Pis'âcas], who are all habituated to eating meat, with Lord S'iva's incarnation Rudra [Bhûtanâtha] as the calf, milked out a beverage made of blood in a pot of skulls.
The descendants of Kuvera, the demons, ghosts and witches [respectively the Yakshas, Râkshasas, Bhûtas and Pis'âcas] who are all habituated to eating meat, milked out with Lord S'iva's incarnation Rudra [Bhûtanâtha] as the calf, a beverage made of blood in a pot of skulls. (Vedabase)
So also the snakes with and without hoods, the scorpions and the constrictor snakes, produced with Takshaka as the calf, their chief, the milk of poison in the pot of the snake pit.
Likewise produced the snakes with and without hoods, the scorpions and the constrictor snakes, with Takshaka, their chief, as the calf, the milk of poison in the pot of the snakepit. (Vedabase)
The four-legged creatures produced, with the bull carrier of Lord S'iva [Nandi] as the calf, from the green grasses their milk in the pot of the wilderness. The other sharp toothed animals, the predators, with the lion as their calf milked out the flesh of other beings and the birds, with Garuda as their calf, produced in the pot of their own body the milk of the moving [insects and worms] and nonmoving living beings [the plants and grasses].
The four-legged produced from the calf of the bull-carrier of Lord S'iva [Nandi] of the green grasses their milk in the pot of the wilderness, the other sharp toothed animals, the predators, took to the lion as the calf the flesh of other beings and to the calf of Garuda took the birds into the pot of their own body the moving as also the nonmoving living beings as the milk. (Vedabase)
With the banyan tree as their calf the different trees produced milk in the form of their juices while the hills and mountains, with the Himalayas as the calf, produced the various minerals of their peaks.
Producing from the calf of the Banyan tree gave the different trees milk in the form of juices while the hills and mountains with the Himalayas as the calf, produced the various minerals from their peaks. (Vedabase)
With the leaders as the calves and with each his own specific milking pot, from the planet Earth ruled by King Prithu the milk was produced of everything needed.
That way was, with the calves that were their chiefs, into their own different milking pots everything desired supplied as the milk procured from the planet earth controlled by King Prithu. (Vedabase)
Oh chief of the Kurus, milking the earth with the different calfs, pots and milkers, thus by Prithu and the others following his example, the milk was obtained of all the different forms of food needed by the living entities.
O chief of the Kurus, milking the earth with the different calfs, pots and milkers, was thus by Prithu and the others following his example, the milk obtained of all the different forms of food as were desired by the living entities in need. (Vedabase)
King Prithu, being very pleased with all desirables produced as milk, full of affection thereafter treated the planet earth as if she was his own daughter.
Thereafter treated the king, Prithu, being very pleased with all desirables produced as milk, the planet earth, full of affection for her, as if she were his own daughter. (Vedabase)
The emperor, the mighty son of Vena, with the power of his bow had broken up all the hilltops of the entire earth and thus had leveled [cultivated] her almost completely.
By the power of his bow had the emperor broken open all the hilltops of the entire earth and thus had the mighty son of Vena cultivated her almost completely. (Vedabase)
And so the Supreme Lord, present on this earth as the son of Vena, was as a father to the citizens in employing them and in preparing at different locations for numbers of suitable dwellings according to the need: villages, cities, settlements and forts of different kinds as also habitations for the milkmen, pens for livestock, camps, mines, agricultural towns and mountain hamlets.
So was the Supreme Lord present on this earth as the son of Vena, as a father to the citizens, employing them and setting left and right for numbers of suitable dwelling-places according the need: villages, settlements and forts of different kinds, as also habitations for the milkmen, pens for livestock, camps, mines and agricultural towns and mountain villages. (Vedabase)
Before Prithu there was on this earth certainly never this kind of planning of towns and villages; one used to live everywhere unrestricted as one liked.'
Before Prithu was there on this earth surely never this kind of planning of towns and villages; one used to live everywhere unrestricted to one's convenience. (Vedabase)
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