SB 4.17.3

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 17: Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth

SB 4.17.2 - SB 4.17.4

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 3

vidura uvāca

kasmād dadhāra go-rūpaṁ

dharitrī bahu-rūpiṇī

yāṁ dudoha pṛthus tatra

ko vatso dohanaṁ ca kim

SYNONYMS

viduraḥ uvāca—Vidura inquired; kasmāt—why; dadhāra—took; go-rūpam—the shape of a cow; dharitrī—the earth; bahu-rūpiṇī—who has many other forms; yām—whom; dudoha—milked; pṛthuḥ—King Pṛthu; tatra—there; kaḥ—who; vatsaḥ—the calf; dohanam—the milking pot; ca—also; kim—what.

TRANSLATION

Vidura inquired from the great sage Maitreya: My dear brāhmaṇa, since mother earth can appear in different shapes, why did she take the shape of a cow? And when King Pṛthu milked her, who became the calf, and what was the milking pot?

SB 4.17.2 - SB 4.17.4