Narada Tells of Prithu and the Milking of the Earth

Verse 1 (7.69.1)

पृथुं वैन्यं च राजानं मृतं सृञ्जय शुश्रुम । यमभ्यषिञ्चत्सम्मन्त्र्य राजसूये महर्षयः ॥

pṛthuṃ vainyaṃ ca rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | yamabhyaṣiñcatsammantrya rājasūye maharṣayaḥ

We have heard, Srinjaya, that King Prithu, son of Vena, has died too — he whom the great sages consecrated, after taking counsel together, at his Rajasuya sacrifice.

Note on the text: Corrected पुथुं → पृथुं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped ṛ; the critical edition reads pṛthuṃ). Corrected यमब्यषिञ्चत् → यमभ्यषिञ्चत् (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; ब्य is not a prefix, the critical edition reads yam abhyaṣiñcan). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 763–764. Line 2 differs from the CE (764: yam abhyaṣiñcan sāmrājye rājasūye maharṣayaḥ).

Verse 2 (7.69.2)

अयं नः प्रथयिष्येत सर्वानित्यभवत्पृथुः । क्षतान्नस्त्रास्यते सर्वानित्येवं क्षत्रियोऽभवत् ॥

ayaṃ naḥ prathayiṣyeta sarvānityabhavatpṛthuḥ | kṣatānnastrāsyate sarvānityevaṃ kṣatriyo'bhavat

‘He will make us all flourish’ — so he became Prithu; ‘he will protect us all from injury (kshata)’ — so he became a Kshatriya.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वानत्येवं → सर्वानित्येवं (misprint in Wikisource; अत्येवम् makes no sense here; the critical edition reads sarvān ity evaṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 765–766.

Verse 3 (7.69.3)

पृथुं वैन्यं प्रजा दृष्ट्वा रक्ताः स्मेति यदब्रुवन् । ततो राजेति नामास्य अनुरागादजायत ॥

pṛthuṃ vainyaṃ prajā dṛṣṭvā raktāḥ smeti yadabruvan | tato rājeti nāmāsya anurāgādajāyata

Seeing Prithu, son of Vena, his subjects said, ‘We are delighted (rakta)’; and so from their affection he came to be named ‘king’ (rajan).

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 767–768.

Verse 4 (7.69.4)

अकृष्टपच्या पृथिवी आसीद्वैन्यस्य कामधुक् । सर्वाः समादुघा गावः पुटकेपुटके मधु ॥

akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī āsīdvainyasya kāmadhuk | sarvāḥ samādughā gāvaḥ puṭakepuṭake madhu

For Vainya the earth was a wish-granting cow, yielding crops unploughed; all the cows gave their full measure of milk, and there was honey in every leaf-cup.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 769–770. Line 2 differs from the CE (770: sarvāḥ kumbhaduho gāvaḥ puṭake puṭake madhu).

Verse 5 (7.69.5)

आसन्हिरण्मया वृक्षाः सुखस्पर्शाः सुखावहाः । तेषां चीराणि संवीताः प्रजास्तेष्वेव शेरते ॥

āsanhiraṇmayā vṛkṣāḥ sukhasparśāḥ sukhāvahāḥ | teṣāṃ cīrāṇi saṃvītāḥ prajāsteṣveva śerate

The trees were golden, pleasant to touch and bringing comfort; clothed in their bark-garments, the people slept among those very trees.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I.8, line 772): Wikisource prints placeholder letters (xx) after चीर, where the CE reads cīrāṇi. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 771–772. Line 1 differs from the CE (771: āsan hiraṇmayā darbhāḥ sukhasparśāḥ sukhāvahāḥ).

Verse 6 (7.69.6)

फलान्यमृतकल्पानि स्वादूनि च मधूनि च । तेषामासीत्तदाऽऽहारो निराहाराश्च नाभवन् ॥

phalānyamṛtakalpāni svādūni ca madhūni ca | teṣāmāsīttadā''hāro nirāhārāśca nābhavan

Their fruits were like nectar, sweet, and so was their honey; that was their food then, and none went without food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 773–774. Line 1 differs slightly from the CE (773: phalāny amṛtakalpāni mūlāni ca madhūni ca).

Verse 7 (7.69.7)

अरोगाः सर्वसिद्धार्था मनुष्या ह्यकुतोभयाः । न्यवसन्त यथाकामं वृक्षेषु च गुहासु च ॥

arogāḥ sarvasiddhārthā manuṣyā hyakutobhayāḥ | nyavasanta yathākāmaṃ vṛkṣeṣu ca guhāsu ca

Free of disease, with all their aims fulfilled, people were fearless on every side; they lived as they wished, in trees and in caves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 775–776.

Verse 8 (7.69.8)

प्रविभागो न राष्ट्राणां पुराणां चाभवत्तदा । यथासुखं यथाकामं तथैता मुदिताः प्रजाः ॥

pravibhāgo na rāṣṭrāṇāṃ purāṇāṃ cābhavattadā | yathāsukhaṃ yathākāmaṃ tathaitā muditāḥ prajāḥ

There was then no division of realms and cities; the subjects lived happily, as they pleased and as they wished.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 777–778.

Verse 9 (7.69.9)

तस्य संस्तम्भिता ह्यापः समुद्रमभियास्यतः । पर्वताश्च ददुर्मार्गं ध्वजभङ्गश्च नाभवत् ॥

tasya saṃstambhitā hyāpaḥ samudramabhiyāsyataḥ | parvatāśca dadurmārgaṃ dhvajabhaṅgaśca nābhavat

As he went toward the ocean the waters stood still for him; the mountains gave him a way, and his banner was never broken.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 779–780. Line 1 differs slightly from the CE (779: tasya saṃstambhayann āpaḥ samudram abhiyāsyataḥ).

Verse 10 (7.69.10)

तं वनस्पतयः शैला देवासुरनरोरगाः । सप्तर्षयः पुण्यजना गन्धर्वाप्सरसोऽपि च । पितरश्च सुखासीनमभिगम्येदमब्रुवन् ॥

taṃ vanaspatayaḥ śailā devāsuranaroragāḥ | saptarṣayaḥ puṇyajanā gandharvāpsaraso'pi ca | pitaraśca sukhāsīnamabhigamyedamabruvan

Trees and mountains, gods, asuras, men and serpents, the Seven Sages, the Punyajanas, the Gandharvas and Apsarases, and the ancestors came to him as he sat at ease, and said this:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 781–783.

Verse 11 (7.69.11)

सम्राडसि क्षत्रियोऽसि राजा गोप्ता पिताऽसि नः । देह्यस्मभ्यं महाराज प्रभुः सन्नीप्सितान्वरान् । यैर्वयं शाश्वतं तृप्ता वर्तयिष्यामहे सुखम् ॥

samrāḍasi kṣatriyo'si rājā goptā pitā'si naḥ | dehyasmabhyaṃ mahārāja prabhuḥ sannīpsitānvarān | yairvayaṃ śāśvataṃ tṛptā vartayiṣyāmahe sukham

‘You are emperor, you are a Kshatriya, you are king, our protector and our father. Great king, being lord, grant us the boons we desire, by which we may live happily, ever content.’

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 784–786. The speech has no printed speaker heading; it fills the whole verse and is given to the assembled beings named in the preceding verse. Line 3 differs slightly from the CE (786: yair vayaṃ śāśvatīs tṛptīr vartayiṣyāmahe sukham).

Verse 12 (7.69.12)

विज्ञापितः प्रजाभिस्तु प्रजानां हितकाम्यया । धनुर्गृह्य पृषत्कांश्च वसुधामाद्रवद्बली ॥

vijñāpitaḥ prajābhistu prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā | dhanurgṛhya pṛṣatkāṃśca vasudhāmādravadbalī

Petitioned by his subjects, from a wish for their welfare, the mighty king took up his bow and arrows and rushed at the Earth.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (an opening backtick) before the first line; the page closes it with a quote mark after the heading नारद उवाच printed before verse 34, so it appears to set off verses 12–33 as one passage. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 13 (7.69.13)

ततो वैन्यभयाद्राजन्गौर्भूत्वा प्राद्रवन्मही । तां पृथुर्धनुरादाय द्रवन्तीमन्वसारयत् ॥

tato vainyabhayādrājangaurbhūtvā prādravanmahī | tāṃ pṛthurdhanurādāya dravantīmanvasārayat

Then, O king, out of fear of Vainya the Earth took the form of a cow and fled; Prithu took up his bow and pursued her as she ran.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 14 (7.69.14)

सा लोकान्ब्रह्मलोकादीन्गत्वा वैन्यभयार्दिता । सा ददर्शाग्रतो वैन्यं कार्मुकोद्यतपाणिकम् ॥

sā lokānbrahmalokādīngatvā vainyabhayārditā | sā dadarśāgrato vainyaṃ kārmukodyatapāṇikam

Tormented by fear of Vainya, she went to the worlds, Brahma's world and the rest, and everywhere she saw Vainya before her, with his bow raised in his hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 15 (7.69.15)

ज्वलद्भिर्विशिखैर्बाणैर्दीप्ततेजःसमद्युतिम् । महायोगं महात्मानं दुर्धर्षममरैरपि ॥

jvaladbhirviśikhairbāṇairdīptatejaḥsamadyutim | mahāyogaṃ mahātmānaṃ durdharṣamamarairapi

He was blazing with flaming arrows, his splendour like a kindled fire, a great yogin, great-souled, irresistible even to the immortals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 16 (7.69.16)

अलभन्ती परित्राणं वैन्यमेवाभ्यपद्यत । कृताञ्जलिपुटा राजन्पूज्यं लोकैस्त्रिभिस्तदा ॥

alabhantī paritrāṇaṃ vainyamevābhyapadyata | kṛtāñjalipuṭā rājanpūjyaṃ lokaistribhistadā

Finding no refuge, she turned to Vainya himself, with joined palms, O king — to him who was honoured in the three worlds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 17 (7.69.17)

उवाच चैनं नाधर्म्यं स्त्रीवधं कर्तुमर्हसि । कथं धारयिता चासि प्रजा राजन्मया विना ॥

uvāca cainaṃ nādharmyaṃ strīvadhaṃ kartumarhasi | kathaṃ dhārayitā cāsi prajā rājanmayā vinā

She said to him, ‘You ought not to commit the unrighteous act of killing a woman. How will you sustain your subjects, O king, without me?’

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.) The verse opens with the narrator's words (उवाच चैनम्) and then gives the Earth's speech; it is kept with Narada.

Verse 18 (7.69.18)

एकस्यार्थाय यो हन्यादात्मनो वा परस्य वा । एकं प्राणान्बहून्वापि प्राणिनां नास्ति पातकं ॥

ekasyārthāya yo hanyādātmano vā parasya vā | ekaṃ prāṇānbahūnvāpi prāṇināṃ nāsti pātakaṃ

‘If a man, for the sake of one person — himself or another — should kill one being, or even many, there is no sin in it among living creatures.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 19 (7.69.19)

यस्मिंस्तु निहते भद्रे बहवः सुखमेधते । तस्मिन्हते त्वघं नास्ति पातकं नोपभुज्यते ॥

yasmiṃstu nihate bhadre bahavaḥ sukhamedhate | tasminhate tvaghaṃ nāsti pātakaṃ nopabhujyate

‘When one has been killed, good lady, and many thrive happily, there is no sin in killing that one; the sin is not incurred.

Note on the text: Corrected त्वधं → त्वघं (misprint in Wikisource; अध is not a word; the sin is अघ, with the aspirate घ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 20 (7.69.20)

सोऽहं पालनिमित्तं त्वां वधिष्यामि वसुंधरे । यदि चेद्वचनादद्य न करिष्यसि मे प्रियम् ॥

so'haṃ pālanimittaṃ tvāṃ vadhiṣyāmi vasuṃdhare | yadi cedvacanādadya na kariṣyasi me priyam

‘So, for the sake of protecting them, I shall kill you, Earth, if today you do not do what I ask at my word.

Note on the text: Corrected बधिष्यामि → वधिष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; the root is वध्, so the future is वधिष्यामि). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 21 (7.69.21)

त्वां निहत्य तु बाणेन मच्छासनपराङ्मुखीम् । आत्मानं प्रथयित्वाऽहं प्रजा धारयिता स्वयं ॥

tvāṃ nihatya tu bāṇena macchāsanaparāṅmukhīm | ātmānaṃ prathayitvā'haṃ prajā dhārayitā svayaṃ

‘Having killed you with an arrow, you who turn away from my command, I shall extend myself and sustain the subjects myself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 22 (7.69.22)

सुखं वचनमास्थाय मम धर्मभृतां वरे । सञ्जीवय प्रजा नित्यं शक्ता ह्यसि वसुन्धरे ॥

sukhaṃ vacanamāsthāya mama dharmabhṛtāṃ vare | sañjīvaya prajā nityaṃ śaktā hyasi vasundhare

‘Accept my word willingly, O best of those who uphold dharma, and keep the subjects alive for ever; you are able to, Vasundhara.

Note on the text: Corrected स़ञ्जीवय → सञ्जीवय (misprint in Wikisource; a stray nukta on the letter स). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 23 (7.69.23)

दुहितृत्वं च मे गच्छ एवमेतन्महाशरम् । नियच्छेयं त्वदर्थाय उद्यतं घोरदर्शनम् ॥

duhitṛtvaṃ ca me gaccha evametanmahāśaram | niyaccheyaṃ tvadarthāya udyataṃ ghoradarśanam

‘And become my daughter; so I shall hold back this great arrow, raised for your sake, terrible to look upon.’

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 24 (7.69.24)

सर्वमेतन्महाराज विधास्यासि परन्तप । वत्सं त्वं पश्य राजन्वै क्षरेयं येन वत्सला ॥

sarvametanmahārāja vidhāsyāsi parantapa | vatsaṃ tvaṃ paśya rājanvai kṣareyaṃ yena vatsalā

‘Great king, scorcher of foes, you will accomplish all this. Look for a calf, O king, by which I may yield milk, as a loving cow does.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 25 (7.69.25)

समां तु कुरु सर्वज्ञ मां तु धर्मभृतां वर । यथा विष्यन्दमानं वै क्षीरं सर्वत्र भावये ॥

samāṃ tu kuru sarvajña māṃ tu dharmabhṛtāṃ vara | yathā viṣyandamānaṃ vai kṣīraṃ sarvatra bhāvaye

‘And make me level, O all-knowing one, best of those who uphold dharma, so that I may let the flowing milk spread everywhere.’

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 26 (7.69.26)

तत उत्सारयामास शिलाजालानि सर्वशः । पृथुर्वैन्यस्तदा राजा तेन शैला विवर्धिताः ॥

tata utsārayāmāsa śilājālāni sarvaśaḥ | pṛthurvainyastadā rājā tena śailā vivardhitāḥ

Then Prithu, son of Vena, the king, cleared away the masses of rock on every side, and thereby the mountains grew.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 27 (7.69.27)

न हि पूर्वनिसर्गे वै विषमे वसुधातले । प्रविभागः पुराणां वा ग्रामाणां वा महीपते ॥

na hi pūrvanisarge vai viṣame vasudhātale | pravibhāgaḥ purāṇāṃ vā grāmāṇāṃ vā mahīpate

For in the earlier creation, when the surface of the earth was uneven, there was no division into cities or villages, O lord of the earth,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 28 (7.69.28)

न सस्यानि न गोरक्ष्यं न कृषिर्न वणिक्पथः । वैन्यात्प्रभृति राजेन्द्र सर्वस्यैतस्य सम्भवः ॥

na sasyāni na gorakṣyaṃ na kṛṣirna vaṇikpathaḥ | vainyātprabhṛti rājendra sarvasyaitasya sambhavaḥ

no crops, no cattle-keeping, no tillage, no trade routes; it was from Vainya onward, O king of kings, that all this came into being.

Note on the text: Corrected राजेन्दर → राजेन्द्र (misprint in Wikisource; राजेन्दर is not a word and the line is a syllable too long). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 29 (7.69.29)

यत्रयत्र च साम्यं तु भूमावासीत्किलानघ । तत्रतत्र प्रजास्तात निवासमभिरोचयन् । कृच्छ्रेण च महाराज इत्येवमनुशुश्रुम ॥

yatrayatra ca sāmyaṃ tu bhūmāvāsītkilānagha | tatratatra prajāstāta nivāsamabhirocayan | kṛcchreṇa ca mahārāja ityevamanuśuśruma

Wherever the ground was level, O sinless one, there the people, dear one, chose to settle — though with difficulty, O great king; so we have heard.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 30 (7.69.30)

तथेत्युक्त्वा पुनर्वैन्यो गृहीत्वाऽऽजगवं धनुः । शरांश्चाप्रतिमान्घोरांश्चिन्तयित्वाऽब्रवीन्महीम् ॥

tathetyuktvā punarvainyo gṛhītvā''jagavaṃ dhanuḥ | śarāṃścāpratimānghorāṃścintayitvā'bravīnmahīm

Saying, ‘So be it,’ Vainya took up the Ajagava bow again and, thinking of his incomparable, terrible arrows, said to the Earth:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 787–788.

Verse 31 (7.69.31)

एह्येहि वसुधे क्षिप्रं क्षरैभ्यः काङ्क्षितं पयः । मच्छसनातिगां वै त्वां प्रमथिष्याम्यहं शरैः ॥

ehyehi vasudhe kṣipraṃ kṣaraibhyaḥ kāṅkṣitaṃ payaḥ | macchasanātigāṃ vai tvāṃ pramathiṣyāmyahaṃ śaraiḥ

‘Come, come quickly, Vasudha, and yield the milk these beings desire! If you defy my command, I shall crush you with arrows.’

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), line 789. Only line 1 is there (789); line 2 is not in the critical edition anywhere (neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I).

Verse 32 (7.69.32)

तथोक्ता साऽत्मनः श्रेयश्चिन्तयित्वाऽब्रवीत्पृथुम् ॥

tathoktā sā'tmanaḥ śreyaścintayitvā'bravītpṛthum

Thus addressed, she reflected on what was best for herself and said to Prithu:

Note on the text: Split: Wikisource prints the heading भूमिरुवाच inside its verse 32, after this line; this line is narration (Narada) and the next is the Earth's, so each is given as a verse of its own; the first line now ends in ॥. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 33 (7.69.33)

वत्सं पात्राणि दोग्धॄंश्च क्षीराणि च समादिश ॥

vatsaṃ pātrāṇi dogdhṝṃśca kṣīrāṇi ca samādiśa

‘Appoint a calf, vessels, milkers and the milk.’

Note on the text: Split from the preceding verse at the heading भूमिरुवाच, which Wikisource prints inside its verse 32. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); it appears nowhere in the CE, neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I. (The CE's Appendix I.8 passes from the sages' request, lines 784–786, straight to Prithu taking up his bow, lines 787–788.)

Verse 34 (7.69.34)

ततो दास्याम्यहं भद्र सर्वं यस्य यथेप्सितम् । दुहितृत्वे च मां वीर सङ्कल्पयितुमर्हसि ॥

tato dāsyāmyahaṃ bhadra sarvaṃ yasya yathepsitam | duhitṛtve ca māṃ vīra saṅkalpayitumarhasi

‘Then, good sir, I shall give everything, as each desires; and you should accept me as your daughter, O hero.’

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 790–791. Line 1 differs from CE 790 (tato dāsyāmi bhadraṃ te annaṃ yasya yathepsitam); line 2 = CE 791.

Verse 35 (7.69.35)

तथेत्युक्त्वा पृथुः सर्वं विधानमकरोद्वशी । ततो भूतनिकायास्तां वसुधां दुदुहुस्तदा ॥

tathetyuktvā pṛthuḥ sarvaṃ vidhānamakarodvaśī | tato bhūtanikāyāstāṃ vasudhāṃ duduhustadā

Saying, ‘So be it,’ Prithu, self-controlled, made all the arrangements. Then the hosts of beings milked that Earth.

Note on the text: Removed the first line, नारद उवाच।' । — a repeat of the speaker heading (which the page already prints above this verse) with a stray quote mark, that had slipped into the verse. The input gave the Earth as speaker from verse 34 to the end, carried over from verse 33 (the Earth's last speech); the narrator from here on is Narada again. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 792–793.

Verse 36 (7.69.36)

तां वनस्पतयः पूर्वं समुत्तस्थुर्दुधुक्षवः । साऽतिष्ठद्वत्सला वत्सं दोग्धृपात्राणि चेच्छती ॥

tāṃ vanaspatayaḥ pūrvaṃ samuttasthurdudhukṣavaḥ | sā'tiṣṭhadvatsalā vatsaṃ dogdhṛpātrāṇi cecchatī

First the trees rose up, eager to milk her. Loving as a cow, she stood, seeking a calf and vessels for the milkers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 794–795.

Verse 37 (7.69.37)

वत्सोऽभूत्पुष्पितः सालः प्लक्षो दोग्धाऽभवत्तदा । छिन्नप्ररोहणं दुग्धं पात्रमौदुम्बरं शुभम् ॥

vatso'bhūtpuṣpitaḥ sālaḥ plakṣo dogdhā'bhavattadā | chinnaprarohaṇaṃ dugdhaṃ pātramaudumbaraṃ śubham

The calf was the flowering sala tree, and the milker was the plaksha; the milk was the regrowth of cut branches, and the vessel the lovely udumbara.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 796–797.

Verse 38 (7.69.38)

उदयः पर्वतो वत्सो मेरुर्दोग्धा महागिरिः । रत्नान्योषधयो दुग्धं पात्रमश्ममयं तथा ॥

udayaḥ parvato vatso merurdogdhā mahāgiriḥ | ratnānyoṣadhayo dugdhaṃ pātramaśmamayaṃ tathā

The Udaya mountain was the calf and the great mountain Meru the milker; the milk was jewels and herbs, and the vessel was made of stone.

Note on the text: Corrected मस्तमयं → मश्ममयं (misprint in Wikisource; अस्तमय, “setting”, makes no sense for a vessel; the critical edition reads aśmamayam, “of stone”). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 798–799.

Verse 39 (7.69.39)

देवानां वत्स इन्द्रोऽभूत्पात्रं दारुमयं तथा । दोग्धा च सविता देवो दुग्धमूर्जस्करं प्रियम् ॥

devānāṃ vatsa indro'bhūtpātraṃ dārumayaṃ tathā | dogdhā ca savitā devo dugdhamūrjaskaraṃ priyam

For the gods Indra was the calf, and the vessel was of wood; the god Savitr was the milker, and the milk was the dear, vigour-giving one.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick before line 1 and a closing quote mark after it). Line 1 is not in the critical edition anywhere (neither in its constituted text, nor in its star passages, nor in its Appendix I). Line 2 corresponds to CE 800 in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21: dogdhā cāsīt tadā devo dugdham ūrjaskaraṃ priyam), which does not name Savitr.

Verse 40 (7.69.40)

असुरा दुदुहुर्मायामयःपात्रे तु तां तदा । दोग्धा द्विमूर्धा तत्रासीद्वत्सश्चासीद्विरोचनः ॥

asurā duduhurmāyāmayaḥpātre tu tāṃ tadā | dogdhā dvimūrdhā tatrāsīdvatsaścāsīdvirocanaḥ

The asuras then milked sorcery from her into a vessel of iron. The milker there was the two-headed Dvimurdha, and the calf was Virochana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 801–802. Line 1 differs slightly from the CE (801: asurā duduhur māyām āmapātre tu te tadā).

Verse 41 (7.69.41)

कृषिं च सस्यं च नरा दुदुहुः पृथिवीतले । स्वायंभुवो मनुर्वत्सस्तेषां दोग्धाऽभवत्पृथुः ॥

kṛṣiṃ ca sasyaṃ ca narā duduhuḥ pṛthivītale | svāyaṃbhuvo manurvatsasteṣāṃ dogdhā'bhavatpṛthuḥ

Men milked tillage and grain from the surface of the earth; Svayambhuva Manu was the calf, and Prithu was their milker.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 803–804.

Verse 42 (7.69.42)

अलाबुपात्रे च तथा विषं दुग्धा वसुन्धरा । धृतराष्ट्रोऽभवद्दोग्धा तेषां वत्सस्तु तक्षकः ॥

alābupātre ca tathā viṣaṃ dugdhā vasundharā | dhṛtarāṣṭro'bhavaddogdhā teṣāṃ vatsastu takṣakaḥ

In a gourd vessel the serpents milked the Earth of poison; Dhritarashtra was their milker, and Takshaka their calf.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 805–806.

Verse 43 (7.69.43)

सप्तर्षिभिर्ब्रह्म दुग्धा तथा चाक्लिष्टकर्मभिः । दोग्धा बृहस्पतिः पात्रं छन्दो वत्सश्च सोमराट् ॥

saptarṣibhirbrahma dugdhā tathā cākliṣṭakarmabhiḥ | dogdhā bṛhaspatiḥ pātraṃ chando vatsaśca somarāṭ

The seven sages, whose deeds are untroubled, milked Brahman, the Veda, from her; Brihaspati was the milker, the Vedic metre the vessel, and Soma, king of the herbs, the calf.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 807–808. Line 2 differs slightly from the CE (808: …vatsas tu somarāṭ).

Verse 44 (7.69.44)

अन्तर्धानं चामपात्रे दुग्धा पुण्यजनैर्विराट् । दोग्धा वैश्रवणस्तेषां वत्सश्चासीद्वृषध्वजः ॥

antardhānaṃ cāmapātre dugdhā puṇyajanairvirāṭ | dogdhā vaiśravaṇasteṣāṃ vatsaścāsīdvṛṣadhvajaḥ

The Punyajanas milked the Earth of the power of vanishing, into an unbaked clay vessel; Vaishravana was their milker, and Vrishadhvaja the calf.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 809–810. Line 2 differs from the CE (810: dogdhā vaiśravaṇas teṣāṃ vatsa āsīt kuberakaḥ).

Verse 45 (7.69.45)

पुण्यगन्धान्पद्मपात्रे गन्धर्वाप्सरसोऽदुहन् । वत्सश्चित्ररथस्तेषां दोग्धा विश्वरुचिः प्रभुः ॥

puṇyagandhānpadmapātre gandharvāpsaraso'duhan | vatsaścitrarathasteṣāṃ dogdhā viśvaruciḥ prabhuḥ

The Gandharvas and Apsarases milked sweet fragrances into a lotus vessel; their calf was Chitraratha, and their milker the lord Vishvaruchi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 811–812.

Verse 46 (7.69.46)

स्वधां रजतपात्रेषु दुदुहुः पितरश्च ताम् । वत्सो वैवस्वतस्तेषां यमो दोग्धान्तकस्तदा ॥

svadhāṃ rajatapātreṣu duduhuḥ pitaraśca tām | vatso vaivasvatasteṣāṃ yamo dogdhāntakastadā

The ancestors milked svadha from her into silver vessels; Vaivasvata was their calf, and Yama, the Ender, was then the milker.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 813–814. Line 2 differs from the CE (814: vatso 'tra vatsaras teṣāṃ yamo dogdhā tathāntakaḥ).

Verse 47 (7.69.47)

एवं निकायैस्तैर्दुग्धा पयोऽभीष्टं हि सा विराट् । यैर्वर्तयन्ति ते ह्यद्य पात्रैर्वत्सैश्च नित्यशः ॥

evaṃ nikāyaistairdugdhā payo'bhīṣṭaṃ hi sā virāṭ | yairvartayanti te hyadya pātrairvatsaiśca nityaśaḥ

Thus by those groups that Earth was milked of the milk each desired, by which they live to this day, always with their own vessels and calves.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 815–816.

Verse 48 (7.69.48)

यज्ञैश्च विविधैरिष्ट्वा पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रतापवान् । सन्तर्पयित्वा भूतानि सर्वैः कामैर्मनःप्रियैः ॥

yajñaiśca vividhairiṣṭvā pṛthurvainyaḥ pratāpavān | santarpayitvā bhūtāni sarvaiḥ kāmairmanaḥpriyaiḥ

Having sacrificed with many kinds of sacrifice and having gratified all creatures with every heart-pleasing wish, mighty Prithu, son of Vena,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 817–818. Line 1 differs slightly from the CE (817: sa yajñair vividhair iṣṭvā…).

Verse 49 (7.69.49)

हैरण्यानकरोद्राजा ये केचित्पार्थिवा भुवि । तान्ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रायच्छदश्वमेधे महामखे ॥

hairaṇyānakarodrājā ye kecitpārthivā bhuvi | tānbrāhmaṇebhyaḥ prāyacchadaśvamedhe mahāmakhe

that king made golden whatever earthly things there were in the world, and gave them to the Brahmins at the great horse sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 819–820.

Verse 50 (7.69.50)

स षष्टिं गोसहस्राणि षष्टिं नागशतानि च । सौवर्णानकरोद्राजा ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च तान्ददौ ॥

sa ṣaṣṭiṃ gosahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ nāgaśatāni ca | sauvarṇānakarodrājā brāhmaṇebhyaśca tāndadau

He made sixty thousand cows and six thousand elephants golden, and the king gave them to the Brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 821–822. Both lines differ from the CE (821: ṣaṣṭināgasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭināgaśatāni ca).

Verse 51 (7.69.51)

इमां च पृथिवीं सर्वां मणिरत्नविभूषिताम् । सौवर्णीमकरोद्राजा ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च तां ददौ ॥

imāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ maṇiratnavibhūṣitām | sauvarṇīmakarodrājā brāhmaṇebhyaśca tāṃ dadau

And this whole earth, adorned with gems and jewels, the king made golden and gave it to the Brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 823–824.

Verse 52 (7.69.52)

स चेन्ममार सृञ्जय चतुर्भद्रतरस्त्वया । पुत्रात्पुण्यतरस्तुभ्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः । अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यमभि श्वैत्येत्युदाहरत् ॥

sa cenmamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadratarastvayā | putrātpuṇyatarastubhyaṃ mā putramanutapyathāḥ | ayajvānamadakṣiṇyamabhi śvaityetyudāharat

If even he died, Srinjaya — he who was four times more fortunate than you and more righteous than your son — then do not grieve for your son, who never sacrificed and gave no sacrificial fees. So Narada addressed him, calling him Shvaitya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.8 (inserted after 7.49.21), lines 825–827. This three-line refrain closes each king's story in the CE (the CE prints the speaker label nārada uvāca before the third line).