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| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 17: Mahārāja Prithu Becomes Angry at the Earth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.17.3
SYNONYMS
vidurah uvāca — Vidura inquired; kasmāt — why; dadhāra — took; go-rūpam — the shape of a cow; dharitrī — the earth; bahu-rūpinī — who has many other forms; yām — whom; dudoha — milked; prithuh — King Prithu; tatra — there; kah — who; vatsah — the calf; dohanam — the milking pot; ca — also; kim — what.
TRANSLATION
Vidura inquired from the great sage Maitreya: My dear brāhmana, since mother earth can appear in different shapes, why did she take the shape of a cow? And when King Prithu milked her, who became the calf, and what was the milking pot?
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