इति प्रियं हितं वाक्यं भुव आदाय भूपतिः ।
वत्सं कृत्वा मनुं पाणाव् अदुहत्सकलौषधीः ॥ १२ ॥
iti-thus; priyam-pleasing; hitam-beneficial; vakyam-words; bhuvah-of the earth; adaya-taking into consideration; bhu-patih-the King; vatsam-calf; krtva-making; manum-Svayambhuva Manu; panau-in his hands; aduhat-milked; sakala-all; osadhih-herbs and grains.
After hearing the auspicious and pleasing words of the planet earth, the King accepted them. He then transformed Svayambhuva Manu into a calf and milked all the herbs and grains from the earth in the form of a cow, keeping them in his cupped hands.