SB 4.17.3
TEXT 3
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TEXT
विदुर उवाच
कस्माद्दधार गोरूपं धरित्री बहुरूपिणी । यां दुदोह पृथुस्तत्र को वत्सो दोहनं च किम् ॥ ३ ॥ vidura uvaca
kasmad dadhara go-rūpam
dharitri bahu-rūpini
yam dudoha prthus tatra
ko vatso dohanam ca kim
viduraḥ uvaca-Vidura inquired; kasmat-why; dadhara-took; go-rūpam-the shape of a cow; dharitri-the earth; bahu-rūpini-who has many other forms; yam-whom; dudoha-milked; prthuḥ-King Prthu; tatra-there; kaḥ-who; vatsaḥ-the calf; dohanam-the milking pot; ca-also; kim-what.
TRANSLATION
Vidura inquired from the great sage Maitreya: My dear brahmana, since mother earth can appear in different shapes, why did she take the shape of a cow? And when King Prthu milked her, who became the calf, and what was the milking pot?
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