Srimad Bhagavatam

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विदुर उवाच कस्माद्दधार गोरूपं धरित्री बहुरूपिणी । यां दुदोह पृथुस्तत्र को वत्सो दोहनं च किम् ।। ४-१७-३ ।।

sanskrit

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? ।। 4-17-3 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

vidura uvAca kasmAddadhAra gorUpaM dharitrI bahurUpiNI | yAM dudoha pRthustatra ko vatso dohanaM ca kim || 4-17-3 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-4/17/3

विदुर उवाच कस्माद्दधार गोरूपं धरित्री बहुरूपिणी । यां दुदोह पृथुस्तत्र को वत्सो दोहनं च किम् ।। ४-१७-३ ।।

sanskrit

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? ।। 4-17-3 ।।

english translation

hindi translation

vidura uvAca kasmAddadhAra gorUpaM dharitrI bahurUpiNI | yAM dudoha pRthustatra ko vatso dohanaM ca kim || 4-17-3 ||

hk transliteration