Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
ततः कालांतरेप्येवं पुनर्लोभावृताः प्रजाः / वृक्षांस्ताः पर्यगृह्णंत मधु वा माक्षिकं बलात्
tataḥ kālāṃtarepyevaṃ punarlobhāvṛtāḥ prajāḥ / vṛkṣāṃstāḥ paryagṛhṇaṃta madhu vā mākṣikaṃ balāt
Then, after some time, the beings were again veiled by greed; they surrounded the trees and seized by force the honey, even the bees’ honey.