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नारद उवाच । इदं रसातलं नाम सप्तमं पृथिवीतलम् । यत्रास्ते सुरभिर्माता गवाममृतसंभवा॥५-१००-१॥
Nārada said: This is called Rasātala, the seventh stratum of the earth. There dwells Surabhi, the mother of cattle, born from ambrosial origin.
english translation
क्षरन्ती सततं क्षीरं पृथिवीसारसंभवम् । षण्णां रसानां सारेण रसमेकमनुत्तमम्॥५-१००-२॥
It ceaselessly exudes milk, born of the very essence of the earth—one unsurpassed sap, the quintessence of the six tastes.
english translation
अमृतेनाभितृप्तस्य सारमुद्गिरतः पुरा । पितामहस्य वदनादुदतिष्ठदनिन्दिता॥५-१००-३॥
Formerly, when the Grandfather—sated with amṛta—was emitting the essence, the blameless stream arose from his mouth.
english translation
यस्याः क्षीरस्य धाराया निपतन्त्या महीतले । ह्रदः कृतः क्षीरनिधिः पवित्रं परमुत्तमम्॥५-१००-४॥
From the stream of milk as it fell upon the earth, a lake was formed—a reservoir of milk, supremely purifying and excellent.
english translation
पुष्पितस्येव फेनस्य पर्यन्तमनुवेष्टितम् । पिबन्तो निवसन्त्यत्र फेनपा मुनिसत्तमाः॥५-१००-५॥
Its perimeter is encircled by foam, as though the foam were in bloom; here the foremost sages, the Phenapās, dwell while drinking from it.
english translation