Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.18.26

sarve sva-mukhya-vatsena

sve sve patre prithak payah

sarva-kama-dugham prithvim

duduhuh prithu-bhavitam

SYNONYMS

sarve -- all; sva-mukhya -- by their own chiefs; vatsena -- as the calf; sve sve -- in their own; patre -- pots; prithak -- different; payah -- milk; sarva-kama -- all desirables; dugham -- supplying as milk; prithvim -- the planet earth; duduhuh -- milked out; prithu-bhavitam -- controlled by King Prithu.

TRANSLATION

The planet earth supplied everyone his respective food. During the time of King Prithu, the earth was fully under the control of the King. Thus all the inhabitants of the earth could get their food supply by creating various types of calves and putting their particular types of milk in various pots.

PURPORT

This is evidence that the Lord supplies food to everyone. As confirmed in the Vedas: eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman. Although the Lord is one, He is supplying all necessities to everyone through the medium of the planet earth. There are different varieties of living entities on different planets, and they all derive their eatables from their planets in different forms. On the basis of these descriptions, how can one assume that there is no living entity on the moon? Every moon is earthly, being composed of the five elements. Every planet produces different types of food according to the needs of its residents. According to the Vedic sastras, it is not true that the moon does not produce food or that no living entity is living there.

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