Shloka 45

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

दुदोह गां प्रयत्नेन सर्वभूतहिताय वै तदाप्रभृति चौषध्यः फालकृष्टास्त्वितस्ततः

Transliteration

dudoha gāṃ prayatnena sarvabhūtahitāya vai tadāprabhṛti cauṣadhyaḥ phālakṛṣṭāstvitastataḥ

Translation

Dengan usaha yang teguh, baginda memerah susu daripada Bumi demi kebajikan semua makhluk. Sejak saat itu, herba perubatan dan tumbuhan yang menyuburkan mula terhasil melalui pembajakan, lalu tersebar ke segenap tempat.

Word by Word

• दुदोह: he milked/extracted

• गां: the Earth (as a cow)

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort

• सर्वभूतहिताय: for the good of all beings

• वै: indeed

• तदाप्रभृति: from then onwards

• च: and

• औषध्यः: herbs/medicinal plants

• फालकृष्टाः: drawn forth by the plough (plough-produced)

• तु: indeed

• इतस्ततः: here and there/everywhere

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; internal episode describing the king’s act for loka-saṅgraha)