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Shloka 90

वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्

Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth

ततश् च देवैर् मुनिभिर् दैत्यै रक्षोभिर् अद्रिभिः गन्धर्वैर् उरगैर् यक्षैः पितृभिस् तरुभिस् तथा

tataś ca devair munibhir daityai rakṣobhir adribhiḥ gandharvair uragair yakṣaiḥ pitṛbhis tarubhis tathā

Thereupon the gods and the sages—together with the Daityas and the Rākṣasas, the mountains, the Gandharvas, the serpent-beings, the Yakṣas, the Pitṛs, and even the trees—joined as one in that vast, ordered undertaking.

ततःthereafter; then
ततः:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक/तस्मात्-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ablatival adverb ‘from that/thereafter’
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — conjunction ‘and’
देवैःby the gods
देवैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
मुनिभिःby the sages
मुनिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
दैत्यैःby the Daityas (demons)
दैत्यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
रक्षोभिःby the Rakṣasas
रक्षोभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
अद्रिभिःby the mountains
अद्रिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
गन्धर्वैःby the Gandharvas
गन्धर्वैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
उरगैःby the serpents
उरगैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउरग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
यक्षैःby the Yakṣas
यक्षैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
पितृभिःby the Pitṛs (ancestors)
पितृभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
तरुभिःby the trees
तरुभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
तथाalso; likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/उपसंहारार्थ) — ‘also; likewise’

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Account of Pṛthu and the Earth’s ‘milking’—how all beings participated in the ordered cosmic act

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Vishnu Form: Narayana

D
Devas
M
Munis
D
Daityas
R
Rākṣasas
M
Mountains (Adri)
G
Gandharvas
U
Uraga/Nāgas
Y
Yakṣas
P
Pitṛs
T
Trees (Tarus)

FAQs

It emphasizes that cosmic order is not maintained by one realm alone: all classes of beings—divine, demonic, ancestral, natural, and subtle—are drawn into a single coordinated system under the Lord’s sovereignty.

By enumerating diverse beings acting “together,” Parāśara frames the cosmos as an integrated hierarchy where each category has a role, ultimately unified by the Supreme principle that governs creation and its processes.

Even when not named in the line, the context implies that such total coordination is possible only because Vishnu, as the Supreme Reality, upholds and directs the harmony of all beings across worlds.