Shloka 28
Pṛthu’s Earth-Milking, the Etymology of ‘Pṛthivī,’ and the Vaivasvata (Solar) Genealogy
प्लक्षोभवत्ततो वत्सः सर्ववृक्षवनाधिपः । एवमन्यैश्च वसुधा तथा दुग्धा यथेच्छतः
plakṣobhavattato vatsaḥ sarvavṛkṣavanādhipaḥ | evamanyaiśca vasudhā tathā dugdhā yathecchataḥ
បន្ទាប់មក ដើមផ្លក្សៈក្លាយជាកូនគោ—ជាអធិបតីក្នុងចំណោមដើមឈើ និងព្រៃទាំងអស់។ ដូចគ្នានេះដែរ ដោយកូនគោផ្សេងៗទៀត តាមបំណងចិត្តរបស់អ្នកធ្វើ ព្រះធរណីក៏ត្រូវបានដោះយកដូចដែលចង់បាន។
Not explicitly specified in the provided excerpt (narrative voice in context).
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: forest
Sandhi Resolution Notes: प्लक्षः+अभवत्→प्लक्षोभवत्; अन्यैः+च→अन्यैश्च; यथा+इच्छतः→यथेच्छतः
FAQs
It continues the Puranic motif of “milking the Earth,” stating that the plakṣa tree served as the calf, and that the Earth yielded her produce in various ways according to the desire of those who milked her.
In the symbolic “Earth-milking” narrative, different beings (and sometimes sacred plants) are cast into roles like calf, milkman, and vessel to explain how diverse resources and sustenance arise from the Earth.
It suggests that nature’s yield is connected to intention and method—resources are not merely taken, but obtained through an ordered, purposeful relationship with the Earth.